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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1968)
Head of Physics Endorses Safety Of Power Plant By JOHN JUNKINS Of the Emerald A proposed nuclear power plant in the Eugene area would not contribute to pollution in the lower Willamette Valley, nor would it create a danger from radiation, the Metropolitan Civic Club was told Friday. Russell Donnelly, head of the University physics department commented on the proposed $225 million nuclear plant for the Eugene area, saying such a plant would be “a very clean operation.” But because of a 40 percent efficiency in the use of energy produced, the plant would create a low grade of unusable heat, he said. Safety Assured The safety of nuclear power in the community is assured by modern engineering, he said. “On the whole, there are fewer accidents in this field than other industrial complexes.’’ A nuclear reaction would stop before it produced an overload sufficient to produce a major explosion, he said. He said nuclear materials are used on a daily basis at the Uni versity, and said he feels safer with them than with other chem icals. Donnelly spoke with Byron Price, general manager of the Eugene Water & Electric Board, which has proposed building a nuclear power plant. Cooling Lake Proposed Price proposed a cooling lake of almost 2000 acres for the thermal output of nuclear plant, “to change the character of the Willamette Valley and improve it.” Ihe water warmed while cool ing the nuclear reactors would be ideal in creating a year-round recreational lake stocked with fish, he said. He said water from the man made lake could return to the river through canals irrigating 80,000 acres of the Willamette Valley, changing agriculture in the area from air-pollution pro ducing rye grass to row crops. He said the most advantage could be taken of the plant in these areas by placing the nu clear plant north of Eugene near Junction City. Emotional Problem Donnelly considered the cooling lake proposed by Price a good idea. One difficulty he saw in the lake was an ‘’emotional pro blem” with the public if it saw large amounts of steam rising from the lake as the water cool ed, particularly during the win ter months. The public is often unable to distinguish the differ ence between steam and smoke, he said. Price said the 2000 acre lake he proposed would be more than large enough to reduce even steam emissions. Want to really get results? Use Emerald Classified Ads Conflicts of Interest Called Danger to Local Government By MAN WAI LAU Of the Emerald After two hours of discussion, mayoral candidates Paul Hoff man and Charles Armsbury and candidates for the Eugene City Council concluded that anyone who runs for political office has to face social, idealogical and economic conflicts. Participating in an informal discussion on “Conflict of Inter est” Friday at Hoffman's cam paign headquarters, 150 W. Broadway, the candidates also agreed that the city council must open channels of communication so citizens can voice their-opin ions directly. Fred Mohr, a University offic ial running for the ward i coun cil seat, opened the discussion, remarking that the city council is a “whole reservoir of reluc tance and bias when dealing with new problems and situa tion.” Dave Gwyther, a senior in economics at the University, and a write-in candidate for the ward III council seat, said the important question is whether or not the city council can re late to the needs of the people. At present, he said ,the council is closed to debate, rebuttal and questions from citizens on im portant issues. Hoffman said he was most 8 B ■ Senate (Continued freon page 1) • A proposal by Bill Kerlee, chairman of the Senate Govern ing Committee, creating 31 sen ators, 20 of which would be elected at large. The other sen ators would be elected from re sidential areas, from the gradu ate students, and from minority groups. The minority groups are the international students, Black students, American Mexican, American Indian, and Oriental. The Oriental representative was added by a Senate amendment. ® A proposal by Sen. Ed Kemp which divides Senates ac cording to living areas. The pro posal creates nine senators at large, one elected from co-ops, four from fraternities and soror ities, eight from dormitories, and 24 from off-campus students. The proposal requires the Sen ate to reapportion itself every two years dividing the seats among the four living areas ac cording to the percentage of University students living in each area. • A proposal by Sen. Don Fitz creating 31 Senators elect ed from 21 departments and colleges. • A proposal by Sen. Tom Fagan creating 36 senators, all elected at large. In other action the Senate passed a bill creating open hear ings on the University draft policy. The hearings are to be presided over by Allison; Bob Winger, chairman of commit tees, and Ron Eachus, Emerald editor. IMPORT AUTO REPAIR Our Factory Trained Mechanics REPAIR ALL SPORTS CARS • VOLKSWAGEN • VOLVOS • DATSUN • TOYOTAS See us at Hansen Bros. Motor Cars 646 Pearl 344-6277 100°» Satisfaction Guaranteed! worried by economic conflict of interest. He said a councilman who owns a piece of property facing rezoning or devaluation because of city purchasing faces a conflict of interest if he casts a vote on the issue in a council meeting. Ordinance Possible He revealed his proposed or dinance on conflict of interest as follows: • Every candidate for public office in the city of Eugene must file an affidavit disclosing as sets and business interests. • A mayoral candidate must spend no more than $5000 for his campaign; other candidates no more than $2000. • Every candidate must file a financial statement including itemized spending and campaign contributions 30, 15 and five days before the election, and again 60 days afterward. Armsbury, a PhD. candidate in sociology at the University, said that Les Anderson and John Chatt, two mayoral candidates who did not attend the discus sion session, do not understand what the issues are. ‘Self-Interest’ City councilmen and business men are hung up on self-inter est, Armsbury said. He said hip pie types in Eugene want a place to go, and suggested that businessmen help them find a place. 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