The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, June 21, 1979, Page Page 6, Image 6
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By Brian Duncan
Editorial Page Editor
FEDERAL OFFICIALS continue
to toy with the future of
uuuiccu wasieh as an unwilling
South Carolina is pulled more and
more into the national game.
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When the nuclear defense in- c
dustry began more than 25 years
ago, scientific claims were made
that the wastes produced could and r
would be safely and permanently \
disposed of. This has not been the 5
case. And it is becoming more 1
evident as each day passes that the (
federal government, or more c
precisely those who have the t
power of decision, are content to i
twiddle their thumbs as the volume
of these wastes continues to grow. {
Inmate expre
To the Editor: i
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I am a senior and one of the 16 >
inmates who graduated from the I
USC college program at CCI 1
(Central Correctional Institution). 1
I am, along with three other in- (
mates, expecting to graduate with f
a bachelor's degree this coming
December. i
Although we realize that ob- j
taining a college degree is not the 5
total solution to our problem, we (
do, however, realize that it will 1
help to serve notice to the public 1
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concerned citizens, use their minds i
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They sit idly by despite protests
rom state and local officials and
:oncerned citizens.
A case in point is the recent $8
mllion federal funding cut for a
vaste solidification facility at the
Savannah River Nuclear Plant,
rhe U.S. Senate Armed Services
Committee imposed this decision
>n the state with the reasoning that
here is no need to rush into such a
lrntJram
With more than 20 million
gallons of the high-level waste
'-sses thanks
or more constructive, rather than
destructive, accomplishments
vhile serving prison sentences. So
3y seeking college degrees, we are
loping to better educate ourselves
or a more constructive conribution
to society upon release
rom prison.
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Savannah River produces, stored
in above-ground tanks in sludge
form, and the additional one
million gallons it produces each
year, this just might qualify as the
understatement of the year.
HOW LONG can we continue to
delay the inevitable? Sooner or
lafpr if safptv ic fn hp a rpalitu a
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commitment on permanent waste
disposal must be agreed upon and
implemented.
Gov. Dick Riley has said the
solidification of the Savannah
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River Plant wastes and transport
to a federal burial site is one of the
major goals in his approach to the
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fortunately a state affected by
nuclear facilities has very little
input at the federal level, a fact the
U.S. Senate Armed Services
Committee decision proves.
Many believe we have the
technology now to solidify these
wastes and permanently isolate
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technology is unproven. A top state
energy official said testing of this
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supportive of the USC program at
OCI, I, on behalf of all the students,
would like to thank everyone for
having understanding and confidence
in us; for without innovative
people, we would have no
CCI college program.
Isaac E. Slappy
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laboratory.
Maybe those committee
members are laughing among
themselves, because the
radioactivity of the waste in
question will outlive them by
hundreds of thousands of years.
WHA'l'CiVKK IHhj KLASUN, tne
wait-and-see policy our federal
lawmakers are pursuing sets a
dangerous precedent for future
generations.
If they are bold enough to
manufacture nuclear generators,
weapons and wastes, they must be
responsible enough to deal with the
problems that present themselves,
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creating the problems.
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