Word: aec
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...students were all science majors, and according to Botstein, the AEC "took us very seriously" and "complimented us on our information...
Notre Dame has long given science its due. Its famed Lobund Laboratories were created 30 years ago to develop germ-free animals as a tool for medical research. Its radiation lab claims the nation's largest radiation chemistry program, and is now being expanded by the AEC to the tune of $2,200,000. Notre Dame also gets good grades in chemistry, English, history and math. But it still cannot afford sabbaticals for research or a psychology department (launching cost: $220,000). It is notably weak in social sciences...
Clean Record. Inevitably, a few accidents have occurred. Last year in Long Beach, Calif., a barrel of low-level waste blew up and scattered its contents over almost a mile because of improper handling by the disposal company, which lost its AEC license. In Antioch. Calif., two years ago, another low-level barrel leaked slightly into the San Joaquin River, from which Antioch draws its drinking water; after much testing and explaining by AEC, townspeople were persuaded that the water was still safe...
Other incidents have led to protests and legal actions against AEC. In 1959. Massachusetts residents, through town meetings and petitions to Washington, persuaded AEC to discontinue ocean dumpings off Cape Cod. The Long Island town of Islip last month rescinded the permit of a company that planned to erect a fenced and windowless waste-storage building in the town's new industrial park. And New Britain. Conn., for almost five years has been waging a court fight to block construction of a storage yard...
Many of the arguments against waste storage and disposal are ridiculous; in 15 years, not a single death or serious injury has been suffered as a result of AEC's program. But public uneasiness continues to increase, and to combat it AEC, beginning this week in Atlanta, is sponsoring a series of four regional conferences to explain its disposal practices...