Monday, September 17, 1973
University Daily Kansan
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Antarctic Nuclear Dump Proposed
By DEBBY CONNOR
Kansan Staff Reporter
Two University of Kansas professors and a Texas geologist have proposed a way to put the problem of nuclear waste disposal on ice.
They are Edward Zeller, professor of geology and physics; Ernst Angino, chairman of the department of geology; and D. F. Saunders the geologist.
The three men, in a recent article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, suggest that the world's nuclear wastes be deposited under the Antarctic ice cap.
"Our proposal is to transport radioactive materials to Antarctica and sink them into the sea."
recently.
The "hotest" radioactive waste, Zeller said, are stromium-90, cesium-137 and plutonium. The Atomic Energy Commission has ordered underground tanks at H安ford, Wash.
MORE THAN 80 million gallons of boiling liquid wastes already have been used to store all of the storage in tanks, strontium-90 and cesium-137 are removed and placed in stainless steel containers above ground. The liquid evaporates, leaving solid cakes of metal.
The AEC considers this method an interim for Zeller said. Recent proposals for it are too complex to discuss here.
Zeller suggests boiling the radioactive liquid into dry waste material, sealing it in solid glass blocks and trasporting it to Antarctica. The glass blocks would be heated until they were about twice the size of Kansas in inland Artarctica. The heat generated by the radioactive materials and fused into the glass would cause the ice beneath it to melt, and the glass containers would, after the ice was frozen, remain in the ice can and rest on the rock shelf below.
mines near Lyons, Ks., and Carlsbad, N.M. or sinking the wastes to the ocean floor
Meanwhile, the shaft formed above the blocks would refreeze, burying the concrete.
State Fair Is Cold But Crowded
BY LINDA DOHERTY
Kansan Staff Rporter
HUTCHINSON—Iceland cold beer wasn't in demand, but long lines formed at the bar.
When the 60th edition of the Kansas State Fair got underway here on Saturday, a record crowd of 100,000 jammed the mile long pavilion patiently for rides and to view the exhibits.
Partly cloudy skies sent temperatures dipped into the fifties Saturday afternoon. Fair goers hurried from building to building to keep warm.
A heavy rain early yesterday morning left small pools of standing water and large patches of mud on the midway. Still, humid weather has mudbed mudbodies and slid through the mud to see the fair.
"We've seen it every year since I can remember," one woman said Saturday as she carried an armored of souvenirs. "Nothing would keep us from missing it, even though we have to drive about 90 miles to get here."
She and her husband wandered toward the poultry building. The squawks of ducks and geese could be heard through the building's open door.
ALTHOUGH ADULTS and small children seemed to be the ones who sought out the animal exhibits, people of all ages were drawn to the glittering midway.
"I don't think there are any fewer people riding it than before," said Wayne Jones, the rider's owner. "If the riders stay in place they can't ride." The dangerous than any other ride out here.
One brightly lit ride drew more attention
The chains on the Matterhorn's cars were clearly visible.
than the others. The controversial Matterhorn ride, on which a 14-year-old girl was killed at the Mid-America Fair in Topeka last week, was in operation here, with two new safety devices approved by Atty. Gen. Richard Miller's consumer protection division.
The fair will continue through next Sunday.
ACCORDING TO Zeller, the glass would be shaped into a solid cylinder, three to four feet long. Up to 30 per cent of the cylinder would be filled with a material other 70 per cent could be funnel material.
"Even at this percentage, we would be able to handle the world's nuclear wastes."
"The crucial problem is an international one. Perhaps the United States can store wastes by itself, but we have to start worrying about other countries" he said.
Antarctica is an international territory under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 and therefore would be a logical place for an international storage installation, Zeiler said. The treaty forbids the disposal of radioactive wastes on the continent but provides for amendment if the cooperating countries agree.
"THIS is the first paper published on this subject," he said, "it expected more opportunities."
The plan is environmentally safe, Zeller said, because there are no living organisms in the compost.
The proposal, as written by Zeiller, Angti and Saunders, has received serious consideration by the AEC, which plans to review the proposed energy agency for Energy Agency in Vienna. Zeiller said.
"I feel strongly that minimum damage will be done to the environment if we transport radioactive wastes to Antarctica," he said. "We cannot continue to permit the leakage of tanks on our existing facilities."
Student Union Activities has postponed ticket sales for the Sonny and Cher homecoming concert until 9 a.m. Wednesday. The tickets were to go on sale today in the Kansas Union Ballroom, but were delayed in shipment.
SUA Postpones Sonny & Cher Ticket Sales
Numbers have been given to students who had formed a line to buy tickets.
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Emporium . . .
She added that it would be impossible to compare the Emporium's sales this semester to sales in recent years because it used textbooks for the first time in its history.
after we've sold more books, albums and artwork. we'll know."
Moving the store from the basement of the Kansas Union to the Wesley Center and the absence of a sign telling new location of the building, the corporation's success, this spring, Allen said.
The Empirium has currently netted $30 64 in profit and has spent $200 in investment.
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THE EMPORUM has $543 remaining from a total of $800 allocated by the senate last spring and $142.22 in a local account in addition to the $39.64.
"If we let them continue until they spend every penny that they have, they will have no money for the second semester," Kanatzar said.
Allen said that this would be enough money to survive this semester and that she hoped the Emporium could continue their help and the profit that the bookstore made.
LeRoy McDermott, Lawrence graduate student, opposed the recommendation, saying that the Emporium was not supposed to function as a business but as a seasonal store, and that it would be improper for the session to cease or withdraw the Emporium's funds.
He said that if the Emporium couldn't become self-sufficient, it would close of its own accord but that it should have the chance to become self-sufficient.
"We gave it money last spring to see if it could become self-sufficient and if it cannot get going with the sale of textbooks and art, it will have to go under." he said, and would sometimes will be the true test of whether it can keep its head above water."
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The KU music faculty will open its 1973-74 recital series at 8 tonight in Swarthownd Recital Hall, Richard Angeliet, chairman of the department of piano, will play 'Davisbundertzale' by Schumann and works by Messiaen and Beethoven.
**A Human Sexuality Seminar will begin at 9:30 a.m. today in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas University. There will be an evening program at 7:30. The topic of the program is "Free to be: An Awareness of Oneself and Sensuality."**
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A frequent customer is the father who thinks he's buying his son a shiny new 10-speed bicycle but receives instead a cartoon book and she's sheet of cryptic assembly instructions.
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After a morning of trying to fit rod X into disc 21 and center front pinion 25-A before attaching bolt W, the sweating, cursing father jams the whole mess back into the curtain and deposits it with the Wharton Co., which is listed in the Yellow Pages.
—WHY NOT GO TO A FREE MOVIE TOMORROW NIGHT?
The GREEN WALL, a Peruvian film in Spanish with English subtitles will be shown free of charge Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
This contemporary film concerns a young family who decide to abandon the pressures of life in Lima by building a home and raising their family deep in the Peruvian jungle. Their idyllic life is suddenly threatened by unexpected government intervention.
Finjard puts the bike together quickly, neatly and tight. He charges about $10.
- 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18
Some of Finjard's customers come to him nearly in tears. Like the one who was having a party at his house where the key to the door was a big, plastic coconut palm tree.
"He had it in a million parts and was trying to attach the coconuts to the wrong end of the tree." Finjord recalled. Finjord also makes horse calls.
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"More than 80 per cent of the merchandise you buy is sold KDFF—knocked down full flat," said Fijnord. "Otherwise you would lose the price and would boost the priceway out of line."
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Finjord also makes house calls.
"Sometimes people think they're a little thick between the ears when they can't put a lot of stuff together," he said. "But they shouldn't feel bad. Some of my customers are doctors, lawyers, even engineers. It's a hectic world. A lot of people just don't have the time or patience, or they're not mechanically inclined."
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