[NukeNet] Right on the Money -- Please forward to Ms. Moret

[Jacksha1 at aol.com]

Dear Leuren Moret:
 
Dear Leuren Moret I viewed your  taped conversation, and you are right on the 
money. I don't know how to  rectify what has happened, or how it even 
happened with the "oversight" of the  AEC, DOE and NRC.
 
I know now that their was never any oversight  and that the various 
Government oversight agencies were part of the problem, and  never part of the solution.
 
I worked in the nuclear business for GE  [ as a subcontractor employee ( 
slave) for the Naval Reactors Program] for  thirty years. During 1982 I was 
promoted to manage all of the safety matters,  at two Naval Reactors site [Saratoga 
Springs, NY - 4 reactors, and Windsor,  CT- 1 reactor]. After I performed my 
first inspection of the sites I knew  that the programs were several disasters 
waiting to happen. I did what I  could to get voluntary compliance with the 
various government regulations for  three years. I finally wrote an internal 
report which I distributed to the  Government [DOE], GE, and IUE - 301 [Union].
 
The world fell in on me. I lasted for three  years, until I was ushered of 
the site, where I worked, with an M-16 at my back.  I have done and been plenty 
of places since my career ending  inspection, as a Nuclear Physicist/Nuclear 
Engineer. So far not a single  public official has dared to stand up to be 
counted. This includes Clinton,  Schumer, my local Congressman, Senator John 
Glenn, my State and local officials.  No one cares or everyone is too terrified to 
speak up.
 
The reactors being run on land, for training  purposes, are full blown high 
power reactors being run w/o Containment  Vessels, Emergency Core Cooling 
system, separate operating room facilities, or a  local emergency plan. 
Additionally ships and subs are parked in dozens of  shipyards around the world, also w/o 
these safety requirements mandated by the  DOE/NRC for all land based nuclear 
reactors. What a mess if one or more of these  plants were to meltdown. The 
Chaos, death and injuries cannot even be conceived  at this point.
 
Thanks for your report it is both interesting  and informative.
 
John P. Shannon
Nuclear Physicist/Nuclear  Engineer
_http://www.mindspring.com/~kapl/index.html_ 
(http://www.mindspring.com/~kapl/index.html) 
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