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General Electric puts Trojan on parade
By E G. WHITE-SWIFT
Of the Emerald
Watch out, the pros and cons
are coming.
Promising to spend whatever it
takes to defeat the nuclear initia
tive that will appear as Ballot
Measure No. 9 in the November
election, officials of Portland
General Electric (PGE) unoffi
cially opened their campaign
against the initiative during an
open house for the press at Tro
jan nuclear plant Friday.
The Trojan's heart was un
locked for the Oregon media to
"familiarize" themselves with the
operation of Oregon s only nuc
lear plant. Instead of the soldiers
of Troy rushing out of the Trojan
horse, as in the Greek myth, the
unlocking of Oregon’s Trojan re
vealed the bombardment of
favorable facts about nuclear
power
Security at the plant, radiation
control, environment safety, and
emergency back-up systems
were carefully and repeatedly
stressed
The tour conveniently coin
cided with a plant shut down for
the summer (due to favorable
supply of water and hydroelectric
energy). The press saw first-hand
areas that are usually off-limits to
the public or unaccessable when
the radioactive fuel rods are pro
ducing the heat that is converted
to steam to power the plants
210-foot generator.
PGE, the major owner of the
plant, operates the plant under
contract from the other owners,
Pacific Power and Light and the
Eugene Water and Electric
Board. Plant officials state that
the nuclear workhorse was built in
record time and the occassional
start-up problems that made
V.
front-page news all spring were
fairly normal for any type of ther
mal plant.
The officials are convinced that
nuclear power is the answer to
the electrical energy crisis that is
coming down the road. All utilities
are confronted by the problem of
providing power on line when the
public demands it. As they have
to plan for maximum use at any
given time rather than average
consumption, they must build
larger plants that drive the cost of
energy up.
PGE officials stated they feel
the public will reject the nuclear
initiative this fall. They intend to
point out to the public that if it
wants the lights to stay on it will
have to support energy, in particu
lar, nuclear development Energy
conservation will not halt the
energy growth and demand, they
say, and coal requires heavy use
analysis
of fossil fuels and may be en
vironmentally difficult to develop
on a large scale
The fall campaign will probably
convince the voters that nuclear
development has enough
safeguards It would be hard to
prove otherwise after reviewing
the endless safeguards built into
the $460 million plant One official
estimated that there is over $100
million in safeguards built into the
radiation control network
There are separate water sys
tems with filters and monitors to
prevent water pollution. There is
the 499-foot cooling tower that
prevents air contamination along
with the steam emissions Every
inch of the plant appears to be
monitored for radiation leaks that
automatically light up and sound
alarms on the Star-trek control
boards in the operations center it
appears to be programmed for
any conceivable fail-safe acci
dent
The larger question is whether
or not the voters will vote for the
nuclear initiative with their pock
etbooks as their reference The
consumer may find the cost of
nuclear power prohibitive when it
comes time to pay the electric bill
Although the utility officials
promote safety, reliance and en
vironmental control in their public
ity materials, they appear to ig
nore some of the larger economic
questions What the consumer
must consider in dollars and
cents:
•About one-fourth of the con
struction costs were in environ
mental safeguards Although an
alternative generating facility
would have environmental quality
and pollution safeguards, once
they were installed there would
not be the continuous yearly ex
penditures on security checks,
labor hours lost while workers
dress in radiation preventative
clothing and hours lost while
workers are scanning themselves
at the checkpoints to see if they
have picked up any contami
nants
Officials stated that Trojan wtH
need 115 employes full time,
about double what they originally
estimated, because of tightened
federal and state regulations A
coal plant was estimated to re
quire about 150 employes, but
many of them would be semi
skilled coal handlers
•PGE officials also stated that
Photo by Greg Wasson
This senes of stainless steel pipes feeds steam into Trojan's 210 foot-long generator. The generator is the
largest single-shafted model in the world, and at full speed will produce 1,100 mega watts, twice the power
generated at Bonneville dam.
the annual refueling cost would be
about $10 million. Although they
dismiss rumored uranium shor
tages as unfounded (comparing
the art of uranium exploration with
the early explorations for oil re
serves in the 1890s), they do view
the cost of uranium as unpredict
able but most likely increasing
•The consumer should also be
concerned with the statement
that the life of Trojan is only 40-50
years The implication is that after
expending all those dollars for the
initial capital-intensive construc
tion, we will have to face more
capital outlays in the relatively
near future PGE officials were
not sure whether Trojan was re
cyclable, and had no idea what
would be done with the site when
it was no longer operable.
In November, the voter s will
have to weed through the barrage
of pros and cons interrupting their
conceptions of energy and
economics The ballot measure
will offer each Oregon voter a
chance to indicate priorities of our
energy development.
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Dangers of pills, IUD turn more women to diaphragms
By KATHY CRAFT
Of the Emerald
Remember the diaphragm?
Your mother probably used it. You,
no doubt, first encountered the
dome-shaped, rubber device while
rumaging through her dresser draw
ers as a curious kindergartener.
But if you’re like many “modem'’
college students, that was, perhaps
the extent of your experience with
this pre-pill method of contraception.
After all, nobody uses those old
fashioned things today, right?
Wrong. Throughout the nation,
more and more women are aban
doning their pills and forsaking their
lUDs in favor of the older, safer
diaphragm. Eugene women are no
exception. Spokespersons for Plan
ned Parenthood, Lane County Fam
ily Planning and the University and
Lane Community College (LCC) stu
dent health centers all agree: after
disappearing from the limelight for
over a decade, the diaphragm is stag
ing a definite comeback.
“Although there are still a lot of
girls utilizing pills and lUDs, I think
use of diaphragms is increasing,"
says Kathy Wunderlick, nurse
dinician at the University Health
Center’s Family Planning Clinic (see
related story on Page 12). Other
nurses at the center concur, adding
that the number of women asking for
diaphragms has particularly risen
during the last year.
Staff parsons at the other birth
control clinics are more emphatic
concerning the renewed popularity
of the “old standby."
“There’s been an incredible in
crease in the number of women re
questing diaphragms,’’ explains
Linda Paseman, family planning
nurse-practitioner at the LCC clinic.
“This spring, in fact, we saw more
women for diaphragms than for pills.”
Linda Reynolds, a nurse
popularity ts generally attributed to
two basic factors — increased pub
licity concerning the dangers in
volved with oral contraceptive and
IUD use, and a desire on the part of
many women to practice a more
"natural” form of birth control (The
only physical side effect associated
with the diaphragm is possible irrita
tion from the contraceptive jelly used
with the device; this problem can be
remedied, however, simply by
choosing a different brand of jelly)
‘I’d gotten pregnant
with lUDs, and pills were
turning my face brown.’
specialist at the Lane County Family
Planning Clinic, echoes Paseman's
statements. “We're fitting more
diaphragms these days than we re
prescribing pills,” she says.
And at Planned Parenthood, the
situation is much the same. Two
years ago, according to director,
Kaye Turner, -pproximately five out
of every irj patients requested
diaphragm . “Now 20 per cent or
more are Uv mg them,” she explains.
“The trend is definitely away from
pills.”
The diaphragm's sudden boost in
“More women are turning to
diaphragms because they're scared
of pills and lUDs,” Turner explains.
"And they're also choosing the diap
hragm because they feel it is more
natural, less interruptive for their
bodies.”
Paseman and Reynolds agree.
"Women are tired of methods that
make them sick and have unknown
effects on their systems," Paseman
claims. “They're more more aware
of their bodies and concerned about
their health these days," Reynolds
adds.
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Another factor involved with the
increased use of the diaphragm is
recent evidence indicating it is ap
proximately 98 per cent effective
when used properly, comparable
with rates for pills and lUDs. Basi
cally, using a diaphragm property
simply means using it period — it is
generally agreed most "diaphragm
babies" are the result of the device
being left on the bathroom shelf or at
the bottom of a purse during inter
course. As Wunderlick points out,
"You have to use the diaphragm
every single time — you've got to be
really motivated."
Frequently, that motivation is as
sociated with women who are more
mature with their sexuality, espe
cially those who, after using pills or
lUDs, found it necessary to choose a
different contraceptive. “Success
with the diaphragm depends com
pletely on one's state of mind," exp
lains Paseman. “Women who've
had bad experiences with pills or
lUDs are really gung-ho about the
diaphragm and anxious to use it cor
rectly." Younger women, seeking a
contraceptive for the first time, may
“turn their noses up at it," she ob
serves.
Wunderlick agrees that "older
women" are generally better candi
dates for the diaphragm, and Turner
concurs. "A certain frame of mind is
definitely necessary for using the
diaphragm," she believes. “You
must be at ease with your body, and I
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think it helps H you're in a more sta
ble sexual relationship.''
Their statements are illustrated by
the experience of several University
women.
"I'd gotten pregnant with an IUD,
and pills were turning my face
brown,” explains a 21-year-old
health major. "Besides I was just
sick of taking them. The more I read
about them, the less I wanted to ex
pose my body to the side effects. So
I got a diaphragm, and now I think it’s
really neat."
Another woman followed a differ
ent path. "For me, the diaphragm
was a last resort,” says a senior who
stopped using pills because of blood
pressure problems and who later
expelled an IUD. “I had to make it
work. And now I really like it; I like
knowing I’m not messing up my
body. But using one at 22 is a lot
different from using one at 15.1 was
so ignorant about my body then, I
don't think I’d have known what to do
with it."
"Diaphragms are fine if you're
married or something like that,” exp
lains another young woman, "but
they're harder if you're being more,
well, promiscuous. It’s one thing to
get up in the middle of things to go to
the bathroom when you're with your
husband, but it’s harder with some
one you don't know so well. You
wonder if the guy’s offended "
According to most birth control
experts, however, the “getting up to
go to the bathroom" syndrome
doesnt need to be a pan ox diap
hragm use. Recent studies have
shown it is safe to insert the diap
hragm as much as six hours before
intercourse, (although more conser
vative sources recommend two
hours). Another alternative, in
Wunderlick’s words, is for insertion
"to be part of the lovemaking pro
cess.” One University student for
example, says her lover “always"
inserts her diaphragm for her.
And although some women com
plain about the diaphragm's inter
ference with so-called spontaneity,
others see a certain advantage im
bedded in that very drawback. As
one pointed out, “It makes me have
to think about what I’m doing — I
have to really choose each time.” "I
like the feeling of control over my
actions,” adds another.
Attitude change among women is
not the only factor involved with re
newed diaphragm use, according to
some; the fact that the medical es
tablishment is paying more attention
to women s health concerns is also
playing a part, they believe. “In the
past, most doctors didn’t want to
take time to teach a woman how to
use the diaphragm. It was easier for
doctors to just write out a prescrip
tion for pills," explains Paseman,
just as it was easier for women to
take them. But now it appears many
women and their physicians are
viewing contraception under a dif
ferent light — and that ease is no
longer their primary consideration.
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