Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 12, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 Winnipeg free May Phil free press physicist discounts nuclear Power fear radioactive waste from burning Coal a a Wjk Al a a considered Greate i recently spoke with physicist Bernard who received the 1981 american physical society Bonner prize for nuclear physics Cohen has been one of the More visible proponents of nuclear mis most recent Book is entitled before its too a scientists Case for nuclear people often read about accidents and leaks in nuclear Power there afraid of a big Accident that will kill Many is their fear justified its but its very in when you multiply the consequences by the probabilities for an nuclear Power turns out to be exceedingly arty technology has accidents in which a lot of people can be almost any technology can have tragedies worse than Are usually considered for nuclear its Only in the nuclear Case that these things Are discus sed in the and where people seem to have a fear of worst Accident what is the worst Accident that occur in a nuclear Power and what Are its chances of happening if youre talking about a nuclear Accident that would happen once in a million if All the electric Power in the United states were then it would be something like the Accident that gets discussed a where the total number of deaths would be something like 45 or 50 thou Only a Small fraction of them would be the great majority of them would be from cancer Many years is this a meltdown youre talking about this would be the worst Type of meltdown Only one out of would you agree that nuclear waste is dangerous its easily shown that nuclear waste is much less harmful to human health than the waste from almost any other Large in for there Are three different types of waste from Coal each of which will eventually kill thousands of times As Many people As nuclear one of these is air poll another is ing chemicals released in Coal and that last fore things like cadmium and last longer they last longer plutonium they last plutonium Only lasts for on an the third Type of waste from Coal believe it or is radioactive because Coal contains a Small amount of and when the Coal is this is spread out All Over the this eventually will cause a lot of deaths due to the radon Gas that it is nuclear waste disposal an easy matter it could be an easy you just convert it into a Rock and where the rocks Are if permanent High level waste storage is so Safe and Why int it being done there is a program to do its being done far More careful spending far More Money than and the reason is that the Public is what about radiation vented by nuclear Power plants that a very Well studied subject and lots of data on it because its happening All the one Way to put perspective on that is that if we had All to health nuclear age Lewis Rotstein nuclear Power in this the average person would lose about 30 minutes of life expectancy due to this so called routine emission of for smoking reduces our life expectancy by six or seven being poor reduces your life by about four being 25 pounds overweight takes about two years off your this is assuming you know with certainty the Lon term effects of these Low Levels of and scientists dont because there int enough hard data to go we know the effects of High level and we assume the effects of this Low level Radia Tion Are proportionately which is a worst Case that theres All sorts of Evi Dence that it cant be worse than that and it can very Well be better than but there Are scientists who nay it might be worse than that at Low certainly the science behind it is very strongly against these few scientists who say that have published practically Noth ing in the scientific the one scientific paper that makes that claim has drawn Over 20 alternatives what do you say to those who say we can get along with alternative Type Power when the Fossil fuels run out you can always do except the Price is nuclear Power even now would be considerably cheaper than any of with the possible exception of wind which int very practical to stand alone because it Only when the wind is blow Why Arent nuclear Power plants being built in America the costs have just been driven out of the direct cause is that the government has con stantly tightened up this has driven up the Cost of a Plant five times above inflation Over the past dozen the tightening of regulations is due completely to political pressure driven by Public and the Root of this concern the one thing i can state without any question As a and ill get you any number of scientists to Back me is that the Media has deceived the Public very Why the motives behind the Media actions Are very mystifying to i used to think they just didst but Ive had enough Contact with Media people by now that i really Down deep think they know what there doing and there purposely doing your Book is called before its too before its too late for what the soviet and so build up their economies by using nuclear for exam will eventually have electric Ity for half the Cost that the gets if we dont do something soon to save nuclear Power in the we Are going to become a poor rela Tive to the rest of the Lewis Rothlein syndicated column on scientific and political issues in the nuclear Field appears sundays in the free fewer offenders chose Community work last year Ponape by Cecil Hostler fewer people took advantage of Manitoba Fine option program last but the Money they saved by performing Community work was considerably program manager Bob do Jack said people opted to perform work for Indian nonprofit groups and other organizations instead of paying fines or going to jail for that compares to who were involved in the program during its first year in he Dojack said he Doest know Why the numbers dropped slightly from but he int disappointed with the Lack of knowledge i dont think its nor is it particularly he it could be a Lack of people knowing about Dojack said information about the program is available to everyone who goes to there Are posters outlining the program in ramp detachments and Legal Aid lawyers routinely Tell their clients about despite the lower of fenders avoided paying last year by performing Community or the equivalent of serving Days in that represents an increase of about Over the first year of the the number of people who choose to work off their fines still represents a Small fraction of people who Are Dojack most people pay their for those that the program serves a Dojack said officials Are pleased with the Progress of the particularly a completion rate of 82 per cent last in offenders performed hours of statistics show 70 per cent of people opting for the program were and nearly half were of native he officials believe implementation of the Young offenders which came into effect in will have a significant Impact on the Dojack predicted the number of Young people to apply for Community work this year will double Over last the act provides a Maxi mum Fine of for Young offend compared to the previous Maxi mum of under the juvenile delinquents 400 expected at International autism meeting about 400 people from the Europe and Japan will be in Winnipeg next week to attend a major conference on autism is a lifelong disability affecting a persons capacity to communicate and relate to others socially and conference Orga Nizer Glenda Russell children affected Are usually diagnosed before three years of but have a Normal life Russell said those affected Lack the ability to think logically or process information because the disease damages the brain and Central nervous the e is no cure and the cause is the Only treatment is through she she said that some autistic children have been known to Advance and Complete High school during the which begins wednesday at the downtown Holiday Russell said delegates will be Able to attend almost 60 different sessions dealing with various types of treatments for autistic children and among the sessions will be some dealing with music which seems to hive had some Success in helping autistic she yesterdays answers Shakespeare hard super Market dilemma to buy or not to Darcy Tymchyshyn scrapes paint off the deck railings of the River Rouge cruise ship last week during the vessels annual touch up for its summer sailing Post office helps seek children Edmonton up Canada Post has decided to help out a group trying to Trace missing posters of missing children will be mailed free of charge to Canada Post outlets across the country under a plan announced by postal officials in Edmonton and the Albert Abranch of victims of the to be displayed in the postal will be changed every three by providing free mailing and display Canada Post is working directly with victims of violence to help distribute information about missing Jim Stan spokesman for Canada posts Foothills the pictures of the missing children will unit be seen by millions of How can canadians every All with one anyone can handle weighing 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government has approved a dangerous goods list cover ing about items from pcs to wet and oily Mark a spokesman for the provincial environment depart said the list was intended to be on the it May appear we Are covering the Gamut and going to great lengths to cover said he Manitoba is Only keeping in step with the rest of the world because the Federal government and other countries Label Many of the same items fines possible he said a judge could Fine offend ers who ignore departmental clean up orders up to a Day under Manitoba dangerous goods handling and transportation Stefanson said the approved recently by Cabinet As a regulation under the dangerous goods will be effective May he said circumstances will be taken into account because some thing May be dangerous in the water but not in a besides cyanide and other substances generally considered the list malathion and both of which Are used by the City of Winni Peg to kill Stefanson said action would Only be taken against the City or 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