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From: jln@elaine8.stanford.edu (Jared Nedzel)
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Subject: Re: SUBS SINK TRAWLERS
Keywords: submarine nucleair fishermen trawlers
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Date: 8 Dec 90 22:36:45 GMT
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From: jln@elaine8.stanford.edu (Jared Nedzel)
In article <1990Dec7.012627.2607@cbnews.att.com> chcr04@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:

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>Oh, by the way: Greenpeace published a scientific report yesterday, which
>proved that almost half of the British nucleair submarinefleet has a leaking
 ^^^^^^
>reactor. ,,They are moving chernobyls'', a Greenpeace-spokeswoman said. 

Greenpeace has an agenda; I seriously doubt anything they say will be 
objective. As to their report "proving" anything, well I suggest you
consider who published the report and what their motives might be.

To the moderator: I realize I'm straying into politics here. If I'm out
of line, I assume you'll edit/reject this submission.

[mod.note: A correct assumption.  I left this in to clarify a point of
policy here; that is, I have no trouble with people politely pointing
out the bias of a source.  The key word is "politely."  - Bill ]

As for problems with the British ballistic missile subs, that's old
news. You can even read it in Jane's Fighting Ships.

Finally, concerning the safety of naval reactors. The main problem
that worries people about a reactor is loss of coolant. But with a naval
reactor, there's plenty of coolant around -- the sea. A friend of mine
(a nuke officer on a US nuclear-powered cruiser) always said he never
worried about that. If things got really bad, he'd just flood the reactor
with sea water. It is my impression that US and NATO naval nuclear 
safety has been excellent. Considering their political views, I have
extreme doubts about the validity of the Greenpeace claims.

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Jared L. Nedzel
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