From: "Gary Britt" 

So 6 of those 10 years was during the Clinton administration.

Gary

"John Beamish"  wrote in
message news:4120a71b{at}w3.nls.net...
> See "whistleblower."
>
> Sheesh, Gary.  It's been 10 years that they've known about the problem.
> This was a useful public service wake-up call.  Not everything in life is
> Dem.-vs.-Rep.
>
>
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:412039ec$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Its good of you and NYT to be so eager to remind the terrorists then.
I'm
> > sure this was the only responsible way, during a time of war, for
> patriotic
> > organizations like they NYT and yourself to handle these matters.
> Bravo!!!
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> > news:411fdbd7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > It's also good the powers that be will be jostled into some action on
> > this.
> > > They've been dawdling around for some time now and I'm sure the
> terrorists
> > > appreciate a completion date of 2014
> > >
> > > "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> > > news:411fdab7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > Well its good that you and the NYT are getting this
info out to the
> > > > terrorists as soon as possible.
> > > >
> > > > Gary
> > > >
> > > > "Rich Gauszka" 
wrote in message
> > > > news:411fabbb$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > >> Do as we say - not as we do
> > > >>
> > > >> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/national/15NUKE.final.html
> > > >>
> > > >> The University of Wisconsin's nuclear reactor is an
unassuming
little
> > > > model,
> > > >> operated (on Tuesdays and Thursdays only) by
students in T-shirts
and
> > > >> shorts. In the last few months it has been used to
identify the
> source
> > of
> > > >> pottery shards from an ancient settlement in India,
to test whether
> > heart
> > > >> stents work better if they have been irradiated,
and to study the
> water
> > > > and
> > > >> gas balance that would be present in a future
generation of power
> > > > reactors.
> > > >>
> > > >> But its fuel is weapons-grade uranium. If it were
stolen, experts
> say,
> > it
> > > >> could give terrorists or criminals a major head
start on an atomic
> > bomb.
> > > >>
> > > >> And Wisconsin is not alone. Five other university
research reactors
> > > >> around
> > > >> the country use weapons-grade fuel, even though the federal
> government
> > > >> has
> > > >> promised for more than two decades to reclaim their
uranium and
> > > >> substitute
> > > > a
> > > >> less enriched variety that is closer to the kind
that commercial
> power
> > > >> plants use.
> > > >>
> > > >> "We have been on the list for conversion for
at least 10 years,"
said
> > Dr.
> > > >> Michael L. Corradini, the head of the nuclear
engineering program
> here.
> > > >> "We've been waiting for funding from the
Department of Energy."
> > > >>
> > > >> But since 1978, out of concern that the uranium
might be turned
into
> > bomb
> > > >> fuel, the Department of Energy has spent millions
of dollars to
> develop
> > > >> lower-grade fuel and convert scores of reactors to
run on it. As of
> > July
> > > > 30,
> > > >> according to the Government Accountability Office
(formerly the
> General
> > > >> Accounting Office), 39 of 105 research reactors worldwide had
> converted
> > > >> or
> > > >> were in the process. But the six campus reactors in
this country
are
> > not
> > > >> among them.
> > > >>
> > > >> "It's outrageous that they're still doing
this," said Victor
> Gilinsky,
> > > >> who
> > > >> was an early advocate for switching to low-enriched fuel as a
member
> of
> > > > the
> > > >> Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 1975 to 1984.
There may not be
> quite
> > > >> enough on hand at Wisconsin to make a bomb, he said
in a telephone
> > > >> interview, but "who says that somebody has to
get enough in one
> shot?"
> > > >>
> > > >> Campus reactors have far less security than places where the
> government
> > > >> keeps bomb-grade uranium, and they may have foreign
students of
> unknown
> > > >> political sympathies, Mr. Gilinsky said. And he
pointed out that
the
> > > > United
> > > >> States is seeking to persuade countries all over
the world to stop
> > > > civilian
> > > >> use of bomb-grade uranium.
> > > >>
> > > >> "It's a bad example," he said. "How
can we go around the world
asking
> > > > people
> > > >> to shift over if we're not shifting over ourselves?"
> > > >>
> > > >> Asked why the research reactors had not been converted, Anson
> Franklin,
> > a
> > > >> spokesman for the department's National Nuclear Security
> > Administration,
> > > >> which is in charge of nonproliferation, was blunt.
"There hasn't
been
> > > > enough
> > > >> funding," he said. He noted that in May,
Energy Secretary Spencer
> > Abraham
> > > >> promised to seek conversion of all the reactors by
2014. But he
said
> he
> > > >> could not give a schedule for the campus reactors.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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