University Daily Kansan / Wednesday. November 19. 1986
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Reactors may still be unsafe
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Soviet Union most likely has resumed operation of some nuclear plants without making the safety improvements promised in the wake of the Chernobyl accident, Energy Secretary John Herrington said yesterday.
"Our best estimate is they started Chernobyl up probably too soon to do all the upgrades they said they were going to do." Herrington said after testifying at a Senate hearing "We are reasonably sure they are operating reactors today without the upgrades they promised."
Herrington called the improvements "major installations" that couldn't have been completed before the Chernobyl facility started up Sept. 29 — five months after a fire and explosion ripped through one of its four reactors and sent a cloud of radiation across the globe.
Asked if the safety improvements eventually will be made, Herrington replied, "There's no way of knowing. I certainly hope so."
Herrington also said that the United States was having trouble getting information about two reactors that the Soviet Union is building near Cienfuegos, Cuba, 180 miles from Key West. He said the Soviets were reluctant to discuss the plants in August at a meeting in Vienna.
meeting in the room.
"The typical response was, 'You will be reading about this in our technical journals,' and that is not good enough in this situation." Herrington said.
construction of the first plant started in 1983 and is scheduled to go on line next year. The second plant's construction began in 1985 with opening planned for 1990. However, Herrington said there have been delays, and operation of the first plant is "not imminent."
The secretary said he suspected
the reactors will not be of the same design as the graphite-moderated plant that caught fire at Chernobyl. But he said the United States had no details about the construction of the Cuban plants, their safety systems and who will be operating them.
The energy secretary said uncertainties about the reactors include:
■Containment building The first reactor under construction does have one, but U.S. experts lack information about the degree of steel reinforcement, the concentration of concrete used and other specifics.
■Fire safety system. Is there one, and if so, what kind?
■ Instrumentation. Herrington said Finland has agreed to put a sophisticated system in Soviet reactors, but it is unclear whether the Cuban plants will have the same one.
Justice asks courts to guard rights
[NEW YORK — Justice William Brennan said yesterday that the Supreme Court was backing away from its role as the protector of individual rights and liberties, and he invited state courts to fill the breach.
United Press International
In a speech at New York University, Brennman discussed what he called the "revival of state constitutions as guardians of individual rights."
He praised the trend, and warned that the revitalization of state constitutional law was not an excuse to weaken the existing federal protections and prohibitions.
Brennan, a liberal, seemed to blame the weakening of federal protections on the Supreme Court itself, which he said was interpreting the 14th Amendment more restrictively than in the past. The 14th Amendment includes the guarantee of due
process of law and extends the promises of the Bill of Rights — originally applied only to the federal government — to the states.
"The court is involved in a new curtailment of the 14th Amendment's scope," Brennan said. "Although this nation so reveres the civil and political rights of the individual that they are sheltered from the power of the majority, these rights are treated as inferior to the ever-increasing demands of governmental authority."
"For several years now, there has been an unmistakable trend in the court to read the guarantees of individual liberty restrictively, which means that the content of the rights applied to the states is likewise diminished."
Brennan cited recent Supreme Court rulings that allowed the seizure of individuals' bank records, permitting, convictions by non-unanimous juries and exempting private shopping centers from free speech requirements as examples of the court's "retrenchment" from the Warren era's commitment to the 14th Amendment. Brennan joined the court in 1956 under Chief Justice Earl Warren.
"For a decade now, I have felt certain that the court's contraction of federal rights and remedies on grounds of federalism should be interpreted as a plain invitation to state courts to step into the breach," he said.
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Brennan said that over the past 15 years state courts have issued more than 250 published opinions holding that constitutional minimums set by the Supreme Court were insufficient to meet more stringent requirements of state law.
Smokers are targets of nationwide event
NEW YORK — The countdown on for the 10th annual Great American Smokeout, with thousands of volunteers trying to persuade smokers to join a 24-hour nicotine fast beginning at midnight tonight.
United Press International
The nation's 54 million smokers are the targets of the event, sponsored by the American Cancer Society and featuring parades, rallies and appeals from celebrities.
In Atlanta yesterday, Santa Claus, the Smokeout chairman for Georgia, appeared at a rally and announced that he was going to give up his pipe.
"I know it will not be easy, but if I can do it after 300 years, anybody can go 24 hours without a cigarette."
Among celebrities who will appeal to smokers in New York is Victoria
Brynner, daughter of the actor Yul Brynner, who died of lung cancer in October 1985. In a television public service announcement that the American Cancer Society sent after his death, Brynner said, "Tell you, don't smoke."
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In Waterbury, Conn., hospitals will serve "cold turkey" lunches and a volunteer dressed in a turkey costume will roam the streets with tips on how to quit smoking.
Last year a record 23 million smokers tried to give up for the day and about 9 percent held on for 24 hours, organizers said.
"Clearly, this sort of thing's very good. If we can attempt to get people to stop for a day, they might stop for good," said the president of the American Cancer Society, Virgil Loeb.
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