Re: Germans Reach Nuclear Energy Deal

[gibbgreg <gibbgreg@isu.edu>]

Sandy,

I am one of those people on Radsafe who appreciate your posting of the
news articles and other information pertinent to our field.  I've spent
a great deal of time these past few months quietly wading through
bickering statements on Radsafe that are far more worthy of condemnation
than posting information that is otherwise hard for some of us to get
(in fact, much of the latest news I receive that is relative to health
physics and nuclear engineering comes to me from Radsafe postings---this
information would otherwise take awhile for me to get). So I say, thank
you for staying the course.  Furthermore, I advise the individual who
sent you the letter to do what everyone else does with information they
choose not to read....simply delete the unwanted messages and move on. 
We have enough people out there who are fighting against our cause, and
there are too many things happening in our field that warrant
complaints.  Let's not nit-pick at something that isn't worthy of it. 
If I complained about every piece of email that came across cyberspace,
I'd have a full-time job doing that alone.

Respectfully,

Greg Gibbons
gibbgreg@isu.edu

Sandy Perle wrote:
> 
> Below is an article regarding the German phase-out of nuclear
> energy. I am providing this article, and will continue to do so, even
> if the anonymous individual who sent me a US Postal letter says
> that I "need to get a real job" since I am an active member on
> Radsafe (my words - his/her were a bit different). To this individual,
> I will remind them that Radsafe is a forum to ask questions, provide
> answers to colleagues who request assistance, inform the
> members of news worthy issues, and, most importantly, to spend
> some time to learn a bit about "our nuclear world". So, to this
> individual, I'll say that yes, I do have a real job. I do believe that
> what I post benefits some of the members and that I will continue
> to post what I believe to be relevant in the future. I will also continue
> to have my various E-Mail systems open and if there is someone
> who needs help, and I can assist, I'll do the unthinkable ... I'll type
> a post and hit that dreaded "ENTER" key.
> 
> Wednesday December 23 7:36 PM ET
> 
> BONN, Germany (AP) - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
> and his Greens party allies sought Wednesday to smooth over
> their first major disagreement, agreeing compromise was needed to
> reach a deal on phasing out nuclear energy.
> 
> The Social Democratic chancellor had publicly rebuked his Green
> environment minister, Juergen Trittin, on Tuesday for firing the
> government's two advisory panels on nuclear safety without
> clearing it first with him.
> 
> Schroeder later told German television that both parties in his
> government are committed to closing Germany's nuclear power
> plants, but the question of how has yet to be decided.
> 
> Trittin also stressed the importance of compromise, and said the
> elimination of nuclear power would happen only with ``a
> sound and broad consensus.''
> 
> The center-left coalition is to meet Jan. 13 to hammer out a
> common strategy for talks with the nuclear industry, which begin
> Jan. 26.
> 
> If a voluntary timetable for shutting down the country's 19 nuclear
> power plants is not agreed to within a year, the government has
> pledged to legislate a plan.
> 
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> Sandy Perle
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