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Disturbi Pro si on t \ -M. * VUtU/VII/l/l finds nuc Nearly seven months after the > mercial nuclear reactor, the presi Island submitted its findings. What the 12-member panel report that, if left unattended, will make i Island "eventually inevitable." USING STRAIGHTFORWARD > reDOrt calls for fundampntal pham structed, operated and regulated. Ir found were of such a magnitude, it Congress abolish the Nuclear Regul, Judging by the way the NRC reac the time of the Three Mile Island would be in the best interests of e\ capable of overseeing safety consid* the time has come for starting over be more concerned with safety. The commission also found the cor Island plant, Metropolitan Edison C and personnel to maintain and oper* utility can't be responsible enough tc private profit, then who can? The list of recommendations was persons from a housewife to two nut recommendations aHnntoH tho c ?- - be assured. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, the c< reported that panel members wer< recommend a moratorium on the c plants. And although a majority favo details left the recommendation off tl It seems that with an issue as sei investigation of the Three Mile Islai such an accident holds for the fut primary concern would be with det were une 01 ine major snortcomi reaction at Three Mile Island. The panel said the radiation releas to be impossible to detect if the leal cancer among persons living in Ham It said the health effects were limited most part. WHATEVER THE EFFECTS, be t such a situation should never have a NRC and the operating company are With mounting problems and prol mercial nuclear power plants in mine not conclude whether the commercia be allowed to continue. The commission's report leaves 1 vestigations stretching over six mc depositions from more than 150 govei and persons living near the plant, tl disturbing one. 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Opinions expressed in the Gamecock are those, if signed, of the writer and, if unsigned, of the senior editorial staff. rig report lal commission lear deficiencies A'orst accident ever at a U.S. comdential commission on Three Mile ed was a wide range of deficiencies Dther accidents such as Three Mile wording with an urgent tone, the *es in how nuclear plants are con1 fact, the problems the commission went so far as to recommend that atory Commission. ted, or better yet failed to react, at accident, abolishment of the NRC feryone. Because if the NRC is inerations on a day to day basis, then with the creation of a body that will npany that operated the Three Mile o., lacked the knowledge, expertise ite the plant adequately. If a major place public safety interests above i long, and the panel, made up of rlear engineers, said even if all the afety of nuclear power still cannot Dmmission stopped there. It was e sharply divided on whether to onstruction of new nuclear power red such action, failure to agree on le report. isitive and as far-reaching as the nd accident and the repercussions ure of the nuclear industry, the ails. After all, insufficient details ngs of the nuclear community's ;ed was so minor that it may prove ;age will cause additional cases of isburg, Pa., the site of the accident, d to "severe mental stress" for the hey mental, ohvsical or emotional risen. Ineptitude on the part of the to blame. ests existing in and around com1, the commission also said it could 1 nuclear power generation should ittle to the imagination. After inmths, seven public hearings and rnment officials, utility employees tie conclusion they reached was a ds in our future energy needs will art, and concern is placed on the >rtant as the power generated. Opinion Letters The Gamecock welcomes letters from its readers. 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Columns must be signed with correct name, address, telephone, major and class standing or faculty position. Address columns to: Guest Column, The Gamecock, Drawer A, USC, Columbia, S C. 29208 ' taitoWs From te jrvmn^flt To the Kditor: This letter is in reply to what fro called the "infamous five." Of coi to the five reasons why the womer has been demoted from a team o and interest to a club that may w< the politics of sports. Tt iv; no \>'On/Hr>r t horn ie ct\ mn, motion and concer over what i athletic department. They don't sport is. A sport is a physical activit pleasure. Canning the team becau: sport is pretentious. It is probably ultimate sports, requiring total coi and physical ability. If the athletic department doe will lay even money that 50 "illustrious" administrative body across the balance beam, let alo gymnasts must. Gymnastics competition is p Thurmond' Student can decide issue for liwwlf Any movie may offend at any lime > To the Kditor: I find it quite shocking that Ser Thurmond presonally intervene ? Letters? am to club-v ics in mire oJ because ot such ar< I have witnessed in now on should be T. Washington an irse, I am referring provide an excelk i's gymnastic team thesport. f growing potential The economic allow in the mire of travelling is a cop-< The athletic de ch confusion, com- states that college s going on in the with Olympic gym even know what a thinking, it's a wg basketball team, I y engaged in for and inexperienced se it is art and not a against "older" na one of the few truly I am surprised itrol of both mental gymnastics is a t sport, but it should sn't believe this, I to collect dust like percent of that department shouli couldn't even walk Century, if it is ind< ne do what women >oor in the south s actions anwi To the Editor: I am personally insulted by U.S. 5 putting pressure on people to pull D Brian" out of South Carolina. With 1984 less than five years awa> little anxious about how much contro lives. These religious groups that spending less time trying to force cer time thanking their lucky stars they i a religion of their own choice. sirom 1 nurmond never even saw " he sees himself these days he is still angel. I do not want him dictating whs for myself. in the showing of "The Life of Brian" in Columbia. Even more surprising is the fact that the less than 50 picketers present at the \ Columbia Mall Theatre suggested i that the subject matter of the movie may be offensive when > reportedly not one of the ? protestoers had seen the movie. j < Do they not realize that any i. given movie may offend any given d viewer at any given time? 1 J *e,vl / A L w / c 1 i r ' women's f politics JL :haic thinking. gymnastic meets at "old" Booker I d as an ex-gymnast, it seems to >nt setting for the presentation of crunch and gas shortage for 3Ut. partment outdoes itself when it age "girls" are too old to compete nasts. With this kind of "positive" nder we don't dissolve the men's jecause its players are too young ever to compete in the Olympics tional teams. the athletic department sees that teautiful, interpretive, expressive not be mistakenly hung on the wall some Renaissance art work. The rl r* w* t /vf rvi I* U utv-uiuc poI I U1 IIIC 1 WC1IL1CIII eed out of the Dark Ages. Ralph M. Marinaro graduate student, public health r film-goers Sen. Strom Thurmond's actions in ?lonty Python's film "The Life of I think we should all be feeling a 1 government has over our private picket movies should maybe be lsure on others and spending more ire living in America and choosing Life of Brian" and no matter how an elected official not n tfnnrrlinn it movies I should see. I can decide Mary Lou Smart journalism senior I do not think that local churches have the qualifications, much less the right, to act as a review and censoring board for the movie industry. Some of the protesters said that t was a sin to show the movie. I irgue that it is an equal sin to pass ludgement on those of us who :hose to see the movie. Cathy Gladden freshman, undeclared major