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Regulations need
at nuclear plant:
John Wayne would probably roll over i
grave if he knew what his Green Berets were d
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is
members of the U.S. Army Special Forces tc
determine whether nuclear power plant?
vulnerable to attack by saboteurs.
For years, the NRC has been promisin
public that nuclear power is one of the safest
or energy. Never has anyone been killed
working at a nuclear power plant, nor has ai
living near a plant been overexposed to
amounts of radiation. Apparently, it's the se
of the nuclear plants that Americans can a
their list of fears.
The Green Berets are there to inspect
nuclear facility as if they were viewing the
through the eyes of an adversary. Robert B
director of the NRC's Safeguards Office, ini
the program earlier this year.
The program isn't new. In the mid-1970
NRC first used the Green Berets to chec
security of uranium fuel facilities. To actua
spect these facilities, the soldiers gather inf
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eludes designs of the reactors that utilities <
quired by law to keep open to the public.
Si h disclosure of information make
likelihood of internal sabotage very frighten
would be unbelieveably easy for a disgr
employee of a reactor to reek atomic havoc s
he or she find it necessary.
So far, the Green Berets have inspectec
sites. In each inspection, minor security pre
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operate the reactors. Now the commission
specting more than a dozen cases of sus
sabotage by plant employees.
Along with the internal threat of sabotaj
Green Berets also make aerial inspections
plants and surrounding areas to determine i
is an external threat. Roads and bridges are
ed to determine if terrorists could isolate the
There are 84 operating civilian power pi;
the United States at 53 sites.Although the
Berets have become involved at the invitat
most of these facilities, serious civil liberties
tions concerning the federal governmeni
vestigatory authority over private co
employees have been raised.
This leads to one final problem. Do w
more government?
For a democracy, the U.S. government i
ing dangerously close to infringing on the c
freedom. However, when an issue wii
magnitude of nuclear power is concerns
federal government needs to step in.
Information such as how to build a nuclei
tor should not be open for public scrutiny
government should consider taking the i
sibility of running a nuclear power plant ui
own wing or issue even stronger regulatioi
that the presence of the military isn't neces
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)blems ?President Ronald Reagan
s that *n ^ie wa^e ?f the downing of Korean
Air Lines Flight 007 by a Soviet fighter
IS in- pilot last week, U.S. and world leaders
pected arc justifiably horrified at the loss of
269 lives.
the When Reagan spoke Monday night,
of the resPonc^ecl well by calling for
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check- an apology, a truthful accounting of
plant. the incident and monetary remuneraintS
in t'on ^or of the victims of the
Green downed airliner.
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ion Oi during the speech by saying he wants a
ques- reduction of nuclear arms, and at the
t's in- same time asking Congress "to ponder
tnpany 'on8 anc* hard the Soviets' aggression
as they consider the security and safety
, of our people, indeed all people who
C need believe in freedom."
It's no secret on Capitol Hill that
S com- Reagan wants the U.S. military budget
itizens' increased. But the tragic plane incident
Lh the 'S not -iustificati?n f?r requesting in,
, creased military spending.
:C1, tne are ajj outraged at the senseless
downing of the Korean jet. Reagan
\r reac- said, "It would be easy to think in
, Xhe terms of vengeance, but that is not a
resoon- P per answer."
. Nor is an increased military buildup
ider its by the ynited States.
IS sucn Proposals such as nerve gas developsary.
ment and increased spending for the
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Might 007, tea
MX missile do not make sense at a
time like this. We need negotiations
with the Soviets to stop further aggression
before it escalates.
It is difficult to understand why the
Soviets have acknowledged they shot
the jetliner down but refuse to take
responsibility for the matter.
Emotions are running high on both
sides, and we need to be cautious in
our reaction to the situation. Neither
side in the latest renewal ot' the Cold
War wants escalated aggression.
The Soviet response to the world's
accusations is not heartening when
looking toward negotiations. But
negotiating is the only rational choice
both sides have. The eventual alternative
is open conflict.
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
The first day of classes for University
of Michigan students won't seem
like a big deal after a few more class
hours have passed. Students wake up
in the morning, go to class, and do
homework ? a fairly routine schedule.
Sept. 7 was supposed to be the first
routine day for Ann Arbor's public
school students. But because local
teachers and the Ann Arbor Board of
Education couldn't agree on a new
contract, the students are missing out
on that routine. That is a big deal.
The board and teachers are squabbling
about a few percentage points in
salary increases,, insurance coverage
and a few other details. Both sides are
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cher strikes
doing a lot of posturing and name calling
? somewhat like U.S. and Soviet
arms reduction negotiators.
Caught in the middle of this are the
students. The students whom both
teachers and administrators are supposed
to be benefitting. As is the case
with the last Ann Arbor teacher's
strike in 1980, the students are
cheated.
They get cheated not only out of a
few days of school, but a little piece of
confidence in their mentors, and a little
bit of faith in the public school
system.
Teachers would suffer 110 great
hardship if they opted not to strike,
thus allowing school to start on time
while negotiations for a fair contract
continue. Both sides need to remember
that the students are supposed to come
first.
Rest assured that tomorrow, or next
WCCK, Ul 11C. AI IllUIIlIl WI1CI1 HCgUlIcllUIS
from both sides emerge from a
bargaining session with a settlement
they'll both claim victory. Teachers
will say, "We got what we felt we
deserved." Members of the Board of
Education will say, "We'll be able to
adjust the budget. We gave thern a fair
contract."
The losers are the students. That's
how public education in Ann Arbor
works. That's what Ann Arbor
students are learning these days.
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