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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1981)
~\ Take it easy! Shop late tonight at the UO Bookstore. 8:15 a.m. to 8 p.m. 13th & Kincaid Mon-Fri 8:15-5:30 Sat 10:00-2:00 Textbooks 686-3520 • General Books 686-3510 • Supplies 686-4331 J LADIES come on back to the woods. WEDNESDA Y LADIES’ NIGHT Beer and Wine 25c 8:30-close woodslde brewery JOIN US IN THE WOODS 2165 West 11th • Eugene • 485-4029 Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group Run for a local board position in the Spring Elections. Develop research and citizenship skills by directing consumer, environmental and human rights issues on campus. There are six positions available. Filing date closes April 6, 300 pm For information - Suite 4 EMU or 686-3724 Feds shouldn’t pay to clean up nuclear reactor, Weaver says By GABRIEL BOEHMER Of the Emerald The federal government shouldn’t foot the bill for cleaning up the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, although the costs could bankrupt the plant's operator, Rep. Jim Weaver, D-Ore., said in Eugene Monday. Cleaning up the General Public Utilities Corp.’s reactor complex is estimated to cost $1 billion over a seven-year period, but only $300 million of that amount will be paid by the utility’s insurance. In addition, "they’ve admitted it’s possible they could fail in the cleanup,” Weaver said. Weaver, former chairer of the TMI investiga tive committee, said he intends to lead the fight in the House to prevent federal funding for cleanup of the site. The House Interior Committee approved Weaver’s amendment last Thursday to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from paying any of the cleanup costs. The amendment “will probably become law,” he said. Jim Weaver Weaver plans to offer a similar amendment that would prohibit any funding of the cleanup by the Department of Energy. The utility’s president Herman Dieckamp said last Friday that the utility plans to spend $60 million on decontamination this year, but it should be spending about $150 million to proceed at an "appropriate" pace, Weaver said. The DOE already has spent $12 million mon itoring the reactor since the accident occurred. The NRC has committed 45 staff members to full-time inspection of the reactor complex, Weaver said. “The one thing we know is it will cost $1 billion to clean it up," Weaver said. “Then they’ll probably have to pour concrete over it and make it a tomb." Weaver said the main impression he wanted to leave with Oregonians “is the tragedy brought to the people in the nearby towns. "I don’t want that ever to happen in the Northwest.” Weaver was one of ten congressmen who toured the Pennsylvania nuclear plant on Friday, the second anniversary of the nation’s worst commercial nuclear accident. The cosmetic appearance of the highly radioactive site surprised Weaver. "We inquired about the janitorial service. It’s called mop-and-glow,” he joked. Weaver added that GPU "sees light at the end of the tunnel — they're just not sure where it’s coming from." As well as discussing the TMI cleanup, Weaver criticized Pres. Ronald Reagan for cut ting the federal budget too little and in the wrong areas. Budget cuts "must be balanced and fair, and they are not," he said. Weaver said he is especially displeased with increased appropriations for the Pentagon, which he said are made at the expense of education and health programs. "If there is one thing the United States of America can afford, it’s giving every child in the country one nutritional meal a day.” Weaver said he would like to see the federal government cut $20 to $30 billion more from its budget. Weaver wants the Pentagon to abandon the MX missile system, which he said costs tax payers $4 million a day. And military aid to El Salvador should be stopped, Weaver said. "Our policy hasn’t changed since Vietnam. The key thing is for us not to go down and act the big daddy.” CREDIT UNION snare AVAILABLE NOW...AT THE CREDIT UNION. SHARE DRAFTS... • LOOKS LIKE CHECKS • USE THEM LIKE CHECKS • BETTER THAN CHECKS GREAT LEAPS BEYOND ORDINARY CHECKING Better, because they earn dividends on the low monthly balance. There is no monthly service charge and no minimum balance required. You pay only $7.00 for an order of 200 drafts (that’s 31/2 cents per draft). Over 1800 U-LANE-0 members now use share drafts. As a member of U-LANE-O, you can now do all your business at the Credit Union. Our excellent savings and loan programs, along with share drafts, now make U-LANE-O an even better place to “BELONG”. SERVING U of O EMPLOYEES U-LANE-O FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 503 E. 11th AVE 687-2347
