Live Blogging the GNEP Hearing

with the expanded seating capacity I think we could be over 400 people now. Not really, many have gone home now.

Newspaper guy is hovering over my shoulder. I wonder what that's all abou

Carl Holder, new site license in US issued last week. Our infrastructure has deteriorated and our global influence is declining. A Hanford 400 area and FFTF booster. Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy supports GNEP. Fast neutrons are essential for new material testing for advance reactor development. There IS a mission for an FFTF startup. Nuke power is essential for continued civilization.

Linda Alexander, sees GNEP as turning straw into gold.

Ralph Johnson. indep consultant on complex systems, GNEP as a great step to energy independence, new road for managing waste, medical isotopes, and a chance to recover technical leadership in the world. Byproducts of GNEP, adequate energy, less foreign oil, medical isotopes, reduced carbon emissions. Need to rebuild our infrastructure both in WA and nationally. Get US competitive in global nuclear energy. Averting proliferation is a must.

Dennis Fitzgerald, cancer survivor, government has done a poor job on educating on nuclear energy. has allowed fear-mongering by the anti-nukes. FFTF was DOE's safest reactor. the loss of medical isotopes has hurt our ability to treat cancers. quoted some cancer stats trying to make the isotope case. Stats did not directly address how many lives were lost due to lack of isotopes. that would be a good number. mostly rhetoric.

Gordon Sturrock, a Eugene person, support reducing nuke waste, support medical isotopes, support energy independence, but not GNEP. do not trust the Bush administration. equated depleted U as nuclear waste. goes on and on about DU contamination in lungs. blames DU for mysterious injuries in Desert Storm. Sees GNEP as a bait-and-switch for new nuclear weapons. proposes greater increases in efficiencies. proposes rapid reduction in energy use

Alexandra Ammonette, more for alternative power. opposes GNEP because they see it as a proliferation threat. thinks GNEP will produce more plutonium for prolif. lots of questionable statistics. toss in a few scary scenarios. plugged her books.

Louisa Hammercik, from Eugene, 7% of her electricity comes from CGS. has heard some strange things from questionabl sources. thinks that GNEP is connected to new nuclear weapons. and goes on from there.

Jack Dresser

David Smith