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With a concentrated effort, Lidsky argues, the MHTGR could be on-line in the U.S. by 1996. He has received some support from an unexpected source: the Union of Concerned Scientists, which is generally opposed to nuclear energy. Robert Pollard, a nuclear engineer and U.C.S. spokesman who has urged the shutdown of all U.S. nuclear plants, says that the MHTGR is a "much better idea than current reactors. It's basically a much slower-acting machine...
...officials were trying to limit another investigation. A delegation that included Meir Rosenne, the Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., met with Justice Department officials in an effort to head off the indictment of Aviam Sella, an Israeli air-force colonel. He has been implicated in the case of Jonathan Pollard, an American naval analyst who has pleaded guilty to turning over suitcases full of U.S. intelligence secrets to Israel...
...Pollard has named Sella, one of the Israeli air force's brightest stars, as one of his chief contacts. Sella is now wing commander of Israel's Ramon air base. The Israelis said that U.S. officials could interview Sella, but only in Israel and only if he were given immunity from prosecution. They asked for the same protection for three lesser officials implicated in the spy case. American prosecutors rejected the deal, prompting some Israeli officials to complain that Washington's zeal in the Pollard affair is designed to weaken Israel's political clout...
...EXAMPLE of this negligence, according to the former project manager of the NRC, Robert Pollard, is the plan for new vents in reactor cooling systems. If a reactor overheats, hydrogen bubbles or steam form in the cooling system and prevent the coolant from flowing to the core. This happened...
...role of the Reagan White House also ensured that the safety measures wouldn't take place. According to Pollard, "Reagan's hope to accelerate nuclear energy development [was] a signal to the NRC that improvement of the plants is a low priority...