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' GAMECOCK LXXIV, University of South Carolina Friday January 22, 1982 $ Research Foundal By FORREST BROWN ?1 the site, others may wish to construct their own offices i computer hardware at One hundred acres of the research park, sharing prime real estate have been the use ?f highly donated through private sophisticated computer cnnrcnc tlia Oo hardwarp anH cnftwarti uvui wo VV/ Vll^ vfli Ulllld M Research and Development developed at USC and Foundation to construct a certain laboratory equipmajor research park similar pent rarely available in to North Carolina's industrial research cenResearch Triangle Institute. ters." enterprises." "We expect that while Qne hun(|re(i acres 01 some industries may wish to , .. share institutional facilities dation for a major res n dik, 1, D 1 1VT, i/ci i IUH uctiucs in a By TOM COYNK major one." News4riitf"r Derrick said, about seven different states have split Rep. Butler Derrick, D- regionally to deal with the S.C., is preparing for a low level waste problem "hard" battle in the up- including states in the South, coming session of Congress. "Southeastern states, He and other South Carolina about six or seven of them, legislators will be battling to have joined together and nvolnHo fhf> ctntn as t ho ?~i: ...:n i- - * i~ - v..~ ouuui V/ciiuniict win uu me ^ nation's dumping ground for repository for low level nuclear waste. waste regionally," Derrick Derrick said, the issue will said. "So instead of getting be who will take the 76 60 or 70 percent of the million gallons of military country's waste we will waste and 7,500 metric tons eventually be getting 20 of commercial waste. percent or less." "For years South Carolina Derrick said everyone has been the nation's recognizes the need to dumping ground because it permanently dispose of is the state which has given highly toxic nuclear waste, * the least resistance," but the problem is no state * nr.wl ?- 1 ?1 I e win i itR aaiu. wains iu lh; me iioiiie ior f Derrick said, he and Gov. such a site. Dick Riley worked on a bill Large storage tanks, last year which made each similar in shape to those state responsible for their used for the storage of own low level commercial gasoline, are currently waste. located throughout the The bill allows each state country. These tanksxontain to join with other states in over 76 million gallons of it A_ A. ^ _ 11 .... . . tneir region in pacis 10 aiiow high level nuclear waste them to devise plans to store produced in the nuclear nuclear waste. defense program. "We were at one time Derrick said a bill is ^ getting between 60-70 per- currently in Congress which * cent of low level waste from would provide a safe throughout the country," disposal of the waste. Derrick said. "There were "I envision a site in the onlv three sites in the ground, 1,000 or 2,000 feet country and we were the deep, in a stable geological . tion Receives Land for Applegatesaid it is natural USC is no exception." res that USC is taking the steps Applegate cited four ways spe to develop the research in which USC will benefit A park. from the proposed research US< Applegate commented, park. bes "The majority of research Students will be provided Thi .J : ? :?i i-:~i * uuue m liiuusuicti naiiuiib, .wun "nands-on" ex- cut especially those of the West, perience; in addition to tecl is through universities and textbook training, he said. he 5 industries. Universities have Also, talented professors F the talent and equipment will be lured to USC with res needed for major research, opportunities to conduct pos f land have been donated to Carolina Research and D >earch park. uclear Dumping situation put in a case," | jpK Derrick said. "We have the L&,;j ?L.. ^ high level waste. now beine ?#?? stored on-site at commercial f M 1 reactors, to a common ' 'T% sta temporary storage site until ne: it could be transported to the pul federal repository. He said a ImKV ^ gui likely site would be the f ha Barnwell Nuclear Fuel ggglj|gf I Plant. l- |HI res "If this were to happen, iBST ' ^ aoum uaronna win, mere is gag? Sti very little doubt, become the Wm ne^ repository of most of the drf! 'v I commercial high ' level sum photo by capers hammond pa< nuclear waste and once it Rep. Butler Derrick, dis gets here there is no in- n n poi dication that it will be a "V * 1 tpmnnrarv situntinn " The fight Will be difficult j;,. Derrick said. according to Derrick, but with the recent backing of pa "I think it could cause |ens ,Str?m Thurmond and j environmental problems for Ernest,. F Hollmf a"d su, future generations and may s"PP?rt<*???*? fr?m th? Mi even mean part of South ?,<?tes ?f N<7., York . and lan Carolina would be un- Illinois he said it is an issue ina desirable for residence or ? ,as a chance of [ industrial development," winning. njr Derrick said. "Highways Derrick said, some states tin will have (trucks carrying) are continuing to avoid the I highly toxic waste running problem because to do so is Ch up and down them." beneficial for their states. | org Research Park earch in their own the Midlands area, providing cialized fields, he said. USC graduates with jobs in nother benefit is that the area, he said. ^ will be exposed to the Applegate said, since t and latest technology, students would be involved s will help during budget- directly with the research ting periods when new park, they would stand a u.?~l : 11 1 ' - nuwiugy win easr cusii?, mucn Detier cnance of ob?aid. taining a job wiih a company 'inally, the services of the located there after earch park would sup- graduation. edly attract business to Applegate said he expects the future research park to be "a small piece of land, y having a center^ core r Hat nntn Hip siito nnHur livif five years before lull operation begins. Applegate said, the research park will taa,MBrA,r.i -y->v imiBWl . .. . staff photo by capers hammond be a continuously growing 1<IAi * ^ project. ;vciufjiiidii r uuii- Some companies have already expressed an inSCM LAND (iHANT. page 2 Student, Government Discusses Agenda BY RACHEL WATERHOUSE J Mill TTIIW ?_ John Boswell, Student Government president, rented the Student Senate with a State of the iiversity Address at their weekly meeting, Jan. 20. j Soswell brought the Senate up-to-date on university ppenings. He discussed the final results of the facultyjrse guide the Student Government worked on last nester. rhe faculty-course guide is in the computer processing ige at this point, but final results will be in at the end of xt week. Jerry Brewer, media head, is handling * ' * ' onsning ana expects to De done in three weeks. The ide will look like the Carolina Community book and will ve listings and descriptions of critiqued courses. i Joswell hopes to set up a faculty-course commission sponsible for putting out the guide each year, rhe Freshman Register, which is also put out by the ident Government, will be published again next year by >v Student Government members. Joswell said the Student Senate needs to look at and ss a resolution on the new discipline system. The cipline system was drawn up by a committee apnted by president James Holderman. ' ine new discipline system takes social, not academic, cipline away from student control and puts it under ulty jurisdiction. The resolution would then go to the culty Senate and then to the Board of Trustees. ioswell is going to discuss revamping the campus and jrtjnie courts wun me tjniet Justice of the university, chael Ferry. There have been complaints that the iguage is difficult to understand and that the system is idequate. ioswell discussed holding 1982 elections at the begintg of March. This would give the new senators more le to get oriented. n other Senate business, Financial Committee airman Barry Gray, announced budgets from campus ;anizations will be due Jan. 28.