[However, the head of a lab-watchdog group doubts the board's influence.] There's no major (Department of Energy) decisions that don't have a political component, ... It's money and power rather than the technological reality that dominate the weapons programs. |
Congress has washed its hands of the nuclear program -- Congress's attention is elsewhere. |
It's a good idea to do cleanup where cleanup is possible. |
It's a wise thing that Kuckuck is doing. |
Recreational users should be worried. Breathing that dust is not good. |
The country has to pick between the optional components of nuclear-weapons spending and funding flood control and harbor construction to rebuild the country, |
The emphasis is shifting from maintaining existing weapons to replacing all of them. |
These infrastructure projects will have big economic benefits to the country if done, and enormous economic and security costs to the country if not done. |
This is kind of an exercise in absurdity. |
We do not know whether toxic materials have been burned, ... It's possible, it's even likely to some extent, but it's not something to be panicked about. |