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David Armstrong's American journal
Nudear industry exporting Three Mile
As several hunored thousand gallons of respective weter continue to confound emmmmmu at tha damaged Three Mile Island nudoor power pUnt, the
Anwjrican nudoor irsdustry ts atosppiikg up efforts to export daWgoroui aeomkc
technology sbroad This rnove is a direct result of tha kexrooserigly unfavorable
climate for nufcas here that has cut orders for now domestic fence™ i to noorh/
Warn
The canxkaign to export American nuclease technology got a boost in eer+v
October w*hen tho State Dep*%r\rr*eot eypproved the export of a key ctanejonont
for a Luntiovergiol nucksar power plant in the Philippines The go ahead nsust
still be approved by the Nuclear Ragulator» Commission but ProstVient Carter
can ovonridg tho NRC and permit the slkapment anyway Last year, Carter
okayed the export of seven tons of enriched uranium fuel to Inoae-despite his
stated policy of limiting U S sales of nudoor know-how
The r^thppirhes plant, nnar the village of Morong on the island of Luzon, has
drawn tha fire of antinucteaar activists for stsverai reasons Morong is only 45
miles from the populous capital city of Manilla and only K> miles from an sett .«e
volcano Throe other active vceca\noes are within 90 miles of the peaTtiaJry-
cutiapletad plant, a* are several major earthojiawaVe faults
Coretrovorsy has dogged the Morong plant from the first Obstruction
costs, originally estimated at $500 million for two reactors, have since shot up
to 11 1 billion for only one four times d
fishermen, who exxount for most of Morong s i
fish moved away from the shoreline site when ctinotojcteon began in T977 The
f ishsemen now havo to go out to see to find food
Local opposition to tho plant, aathough apptsrenth/ intense, is not tolerated by
the darteaaTjoal Philspinrats presteient. Feroertand Marcos Laat winter, 1,000
arined police sworrned over Morong, brooking into prrvate homes, stsetrchtng
they saad, for aistinuke activists A leading nudoor critic, Ernegto Nsttareno,
rats iii» nay lough; osiaypoorod, and scesse Filipinos charge the Marcos regime
wrm^s4Unrar10'slSwJrdor
Filipino critics of the piant argoar that nudoor energy is unngjeessary in
their country The Philippines Ministry of Ertergy rtseif has estimated that tha
tjrnjrftry's preaant oagctrscgl needs could be mot by hyd,ooleiti e power Goo-
thermal pouvar is also undergoing raped developnwjnt in the Phnappinos
Why ther is the ptav* bew^ builtt ^
AccorOang to rejdaar critics and resaaarcher |, Morong is a assy teat of gti ength
for the ailing rhudear irkdustry m the U S -one that the industry testis it can't
afford to foil The Morong plant is being unowrwritten to the tune of terno
million by the US Export-lnuport Bank, a consortium of pri» ggg bereks and
gpaajjsjaajBjjsjj ajaajaajajajj that undorvrrftes the coat of such projects with Anwar lean
Btwajswajwea*/ money
Exim has boon very octree in recent years, having bankrolled 45 nudear
power plants around the globe Newty half of them ma in undwde i gloped
third world ccsjntries, many with notoriously fwpfessrve regimes Tho goeorn
rnonts of South Africa, Braiil. Aigentina and South Korea have all bonofitod
from American nucieer aid So has India, which in 1975 diverted nudoor waste
from a Canarkan-buiK reactor to make an atomic bomb
Critics charge that the Morong plant is a bad deal for the Prtaltppines from
an ooononaJc aa eajM as an ecological point of view The Philippines must naty
on Afvwertcan multinational corporations for maJneanance, spare ports and
uranejmfuol Trwy also point out that the Phthrjpirws already straining uridor
an 16 billion foreign debt, will be even more m hock to foreign creditors if the
plant is oonspoaessd a celemma dust faces das entire third world
Interestingly enough, the Morong piant is located naar the Bataan free trede
rone, set ooonomec enclave whore taxes on foreign-owned irtdustry are virtually
non axlsmant Thig gives nee to ipaxuaation that the main purpose of the plant
it to provide gkectricitr to foreign iredustry in the tone which will, with cheep
Filipino labor, make inexpensive goods for shapnwjaet to dw U S
If that is true, the Morong plant will not only use local people as nudeer
anjenee pegs, it will aaaaaaatwaaW hurt Anwjrican workers, since st will evvabkr
cheep foreign goods to fwjod these shores and take bods away from Amerscans
Actfvtst ajroups opposing the plerrt-stjch as the Chrrapejajn for a Nuckser-Free
Pftilspptnes and the Third World Energy Action Group, both beaed in Waehtng
ton, D C ~waakas the sttusst^ reactors* totawstof njsseway shops
Projidont C4srtar and tho NRC hnvo until the end of 1979 to rule on this
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| Title | 1979_11 The Daily Collegian November 1979 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1979 |
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| Title | Novmeber 1, 1979, Page 5 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1979 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
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Thai
David Armstrong's American journal
Nudear industry exporting Three Mile
As several hunored thousand gallons of respective weter continue to confound emmmmmu at tha damaged Three Mile Island nudoor power pUnt, the
Anwjrican nudoor irsdustry ts atosppiikg up efforts to export daWgoroui aeomkc
technology sbroad This rnove is a direct result of tha kexrooserigly unfavorable
climate for nufcas here that has cut orders for now domestic fence™ i to noorh/
Warn
The canxkaign to export American nuclease technology got a boost in eer+v
October w*hen tho State Dep*%r\rr*eot eypproved the export of a key ctanejonont
for a Luntiovergiol nucksar power plant in the Philippines The go ahead nsust
still be approved by the Nuclear Ragulator» Commission but ProstVient Carter
can ovonridg tho NRC and permit the slkapment anyway Last year, Carter
okayed the export of seven tons of enriched uranium fuel to Inoae-despite his
stated policy of limiting U S sales of nudoor know-how
The r^thppirhes plant, nnar the village of Morong on the island of Luzon, has
drawn tha fire of antinucteaar activists for stsverai reasons Morong is only 45
miles from the populous capital city of Manilla and only K> miles from an sett .«e
volcano Throe other active vceca\noes are within 90 miles of the peaTtiaJry-
cutiapletad plant, a* are several major earthojiawaVe faults
Coretrovorsy has dogged the Morong plant from the first Obstruction
costs, originally estimated at $500 million for two reactors, have since shot up
to 11 1 billion for only one four times d
fishermen, who exxount for most of Morong s i
fish moved away from the shoreline site when ctinotojcteon began in T977 The
f ishsemen now havo to go out to see to find food
Local opposition to tho plant, aathough apptsrenth/ intense, is not tolerated by
the darteaaTjoal Philspinrats presteient. Feroertand Marcos Laat winter, 1,000
arined police sworrned over Morong, brooking into prrvate homes, stsetrchtng
they saad, for aistinuke activists A leading nudoor critic, Ernegto Nsttareno,
rats iii» nay lough; osiaypoorod, and scesse Filipinos charge the Marcos regime
wrm^s4Unrar10'slSwJrdor
Filipino critics of the piant argoar that nudoor energy is unngjeessary in
their country The Philippines Ministry of Ertergy rtseif has estimated that tha
tjrnjrftry's preaant oagctrscgl needs could be mot by hyd,ooleiti e power Goo-
thermal pouvar is also undergoing raped developnwjnt in the Phnappinos
Why ther is the ptav* bew^ builtt ^
AccorOang to rejdaar critics and resaaarcher |, Morong is a assy teat of gti ength
for the ailing rhudear irkdustry m the U S -one that the industry testis it can't
afford to foil The Morong plant is being unowrwritten to the tune of terno
million by the US Export-lnuport Bank, a consortium of pri» ggg bereks and
gpaajjsjaajBjjsjj ajaajaajajajj that undorvrrftes the coat of such projects with Anwar lean
Btwajswajwea*/ money
Exim has boon very octree in recent years, having bankrolled 45 nudear
power plants around the globe Newty half of them ma in undwde i gloped
third world ccsjntries, many with notoriously fwpfessrve regimes Tho goeorn
rnonts of South Africa, Braiil. Aigentina and South Korea have all bonofitod
from American nucieer aid So has India, which in 1975 diverted nudoor waste
from a Canarkan-buiK reactor to make an atomic bomb
Critics charge that the Morong plant is a bad deal for the Prtaltppines from
an ooononaJc aa eajM as an ecological point of view The Philippines must naty
on Afvwertcan multinational corporations for maJneanance, spare ports and
uranejmfuol Trwy also point out that the Phthrjpirws already straining uridor
an 16 billion foreign debt, will be even more m hock to foreign creditors if the
plant is oonspoaessd a celemma dust faces das entire third world
Interestingly enough, the Morong piant is located naar the Bataan free trede
rone, set ooonomec enclave whore taxes on foreign-owned irtdustry are virtually
non axlsmant Thig gives nee to ipaxuaation that the main purpose of the plant
it to provide gkectricitr to foreign iredustry in the tone which will, with cheep
Filipino labor, make inexpensive goods for shapnwjaet to dw U S
If that is true, the Morong plant will not only use local people as nudeer
anjenee pegs, it will aaaaaaatwaaW hurt Anwjrican workers, since st will evvabkr
cheep foreign goods to fwjod these shores and take bods away from Amerscans
Actfvtst ajroups opposing the plerrt-stjch as the Chrrapejajn for a Nuckser-Free
Pftilspptnes and the Third World Energy Action Group, both beaed in Waehtng
ton, D C ~waakas the sttusst^ reactors* totawstof njsseway shops
Projidont C4srtar and tho NRC hnvo until the end of 1979 to rule on this
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