Re: a nuclear energy topic

["Steven T. Ratliff" <str@nwc.edu>]

On Dec. 28, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

> Date:          Sun, 28 Dec 1997 13:47:57 -0400 (EDT)
> Reply-to:      phys-l@mailer.uwf.edu
> From:          LUDWIK KOWALSKI <KOWALSKIL@alpha.montclair.edu>
> To:            phys-L@atlantis.uwf.edu
> Subject:       Re: a nuclear energy topic

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> In addition, reprocessing of spent fuel from civilian reactors, as 
> far as I know, is still illegal in the U.S. (Since 1977, President 
> Carter).

On one of my visits to the Northern States Power Company nuclear 
reactor in Monticello, Minnesota, I was told that President Reagan 
reversed the Carter decision, and it is not illegal now.  However, 
the damage was done, and private companies were not willing to take 
the financial risk to build re-processing plants.

Regards,
Steven Ratliff





Steven T. Ratliff
Associate Professor of Physics
Northwestern College
3003 Snelling Av. N.
Saint Paul, MN  55113-1598

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