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By James Connolly

Again, Roy Johnston speaks out against nuclear energy and it’s byproducts. Well, I must come to the defence of both Jim Lai and Brian Linkletter. I feel Mr. Johnston is proposing one idea, while not necessarily backing it up or making it relevant to the topic. 1

In the first place, Mr. Dixon, the guest speaker of the UPEl’s engineer’s Nuclear Waste Dis- posal lecture, was there to talk about DISPOSAL not about nu- clear war. Mr. Johnston seems unable to separate distinct ideas in his mind. He insists on drawing the conclusion that nuclear waste equals nuclear weapons. It doesn’t have to Nuclear disposal (i.e. bar ing 1uclear waste) is much the opposite of nuclear weapons. If the products, all of the products, from a nuclear reactor are dis— posed of, then obviously, there is no worry about nuclear weapons

being produced from the wastes.

Mr. Johnston seems to suffer the inability to both identify and resolve an issue. Surely knowing all the factors relating to a deci- sion is important, but these factors must be considered individuallv

before collectively. When solving an algebraic expression, all the terms must be dealt with before the solution to the expression is found. When dealing with nuclear energy (and even nuclear wea. pons), we must discuss and con- sider logically all of the informat- ion we have about obtaining,

using, refining, reusing, and dis-

posing of nuclear fuel. I suggest that Mr. Johnston take a second look at his methods of problem solving. It’s possible that he isn’t as fair to his decisions as he could be.

One more criticism 1 have of Mr. Johnston is his closed-

minded approach to information.

Yes, some radiation is harmful in

_ - any dosage. Some radiation is also

“fairly” safe such as heat. One of many things Mr. Johnston neg- lected in his last rebuttal is that sunlight is not only composed of “good radiation, it is also com- posed of ultra violet radiation which is deadly to almost every form of life on the planet. Has Mr. Johnston ever researched skin cancer or its causes? His latest rebuttal, in its one-sided thought, smacks of propaganda. Almost no one listens to a person who will concede no point to the opposi- tion. It just makes the arguer look like he hasn’t examined the facts and that he has jumped to rash conclusions.

Perhaps Mr. Johnston has re- searched his facts well. If this is the case, then he should brush up on his use of propaganda be- cause his latest attempt is faltering.

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