Oregon daily emerald., November 06, 1978, Section A, Page 9, Image 9

Catherine siegner
of environmental concern
Oregon’s only nuclear plant
will probably remain closed for the
rest of 1978.
The Atomic Safety and Licens
ing Board of the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission ran out of
time Friday after two weeks of
hearings on whether Portland
General Electric Co. should be al
lowed to restart the Trojan nuclear
plant.
Trojan has been shut down
since Apr! when an inspection re
vealed that control building walls
do not meet federal earthquake
resistance standards. PGE then
applied to the NRC for an interim
operation license. If granted, Tro
jan could begin producing power
while the control building walls are
being strengthened.
Additional safety problems at
the plant have complicated the
hearing procedure, and the NRC
has rescheduled further heannas
for Dec. 11. In the meantime, PGE
is borrowing federal hydropower
from the Bonneville Power Ad
ministration to replace the power
lost.
In memory of Karen Silk
wood, a nuclear plant worker
mysteriously killed while inves
tigating health and safety viola
tions at a Southern plant, the Tro
jan Decommissioning Alliance will
hold a “No Nukes Ball” Sunday, at
the WOW Hall at 8th Avenue and
Lincoln Street.
The evening will begin with a
potluck dinner at 6 p.m. A puppet
theater will perform, followed by a
classical guitarist, a dance hall
band, a folk rock group and Dr.
Atomic's World Famous Medicine
Show. The Wasted Rangers will
wrap up the evening with theirfirst
performance in Eugene.
Tickets are $3, and are availa
ble at the WOW Hall or at TDA
headquarters, 348 W. 8th Av
enue.
The whooping cranes are
gaining more friends. Only 75 of
Oregon MD’s
urge prudence
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — De
legates of the Oregon Medical As
sociation adopted a resolution
Sunday urging members “to pru
dently restrain increase in medical
care costs over which they have
control.'’
The House of Deleqates also
approved resolutions urging:
- Repeal of an Oregon law that
requires premarital examinations.
- Restoration of a law requiring
that motorcycle riders wear hel
mets.
The state health officer, Ur. to
ward Press, participated in delib
erations on the resolution involv
ing Oregon's premarital examina
tion law. He said only one case of
syphilis has been discovered in
40,000 couples in recent years
by the testing requirement, and
the laboratory report was provided
only after the man returned from
his honeymoon.
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the birds are left in the U.S., and
the Fish and Wildlife Service has
proposed eight new areas be de
clared critical for the survival and
recovery of the endangered
species.
The areas include parts of Kan
sas, Montana, Nebraska and
North and South Dakota, and
were selected because they pro
vide nightly roosting sites and
food during spring and fall migra
tions.
if the proposal is approved by
Congress, any federal agency
planning actions that would affect
the areas would have to consult
with the U S. Department of In
terior.
Roads and trails between
Highway 58 and the Waldo Lake
Recreation Area will be closed
after Wednesday as part of a
cooperative venture between the
Forest Servioe and the State De
partment of Fish and Wildlife to
provide protection to the area’s elk
herds.
The agencies hope to give hun
ters on foot a better opportunity,
and remove the competition from
vehicle-based hunters.
For information on which roads
will be affected, call 687-6576.
Nuclear waste storage
expansion at the Trojan plant was
recently approved by the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
but the state Department of
Energy is concerned safety re
strictions involved do not guaran
tee the state will have authority to
enforce them.
The Energy Department plans
to appeal the expansion ruling at
the Energy Facility Siting
Council’s meeting today at 9:30
a.m. in the City Council chambers.
“Our concerns are not on what
PGE says it wouldn’t do" said
Fred Miller. Energy Department
director. "It’s just that we want
some kind of leverage down the
road if they change their minds.”
The Legislature passed a bill
last session making permanent
storage of radioactive waste in
Oregon illegal. Discussion over
what “permanent” means has
since occupied many state offi
cials, including Attorney General
Jim Redden.
It looks as though most of the
country's nuclear plants will have
to store waste on-site, however,
since the federal government still
has no long-term storage plans.
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RIGHT THROUGH YOUR
SBAORYEAR.
If you’re a junior or a senior majoring in math, physics or
engineering, the Navy has a program you should know about.
It’s called the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate
Collegiate Program (NUPOC-C for short) and if you qualify,
you can earn as much as $650 a month right through your
senior year. Then after 16 weeks of Officer Candidate School,
you’ll receive an additional year of advanced technical
education. This would cost you thousands in a civilian school,
but in the Navy, we pay you. And at the end of the year of
training, you’ll receive a $3,000 cash bonus.
It isn’t easy. There are fewer than 400 openings and only
one of every six applicants will be selected. But if you make
it, you’ll have qualified for an elite engineering training
program. With unequaled hands-on responsibility, a $24,000
salary in four years, and gilt-edged qualifications for jobs
in private industry should you decide to leave the Navy
later. (But we don’t think you’ll want to.)
Ask your placement officer to set up an interview with a
Navy representative when he visits the campus on Nov. 6-8,
or contact your Navy representative at 221-3041.
If you prefer, send your resume to the Navy Nuclear Officer
Program, Code 312-B537, 4015 Wilson Blvd., Arlington,
Va. 22203, and a Navy representative will contact you directly.
The NUPOC-Collegiate Program. It can do more than help
you finish college: it can lead to an exciting career opportunity.
NAVY OFFICER.
IT'S NOT JUST A JOB, ITS AN ADVENTURE.
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