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Former Commander of STRATCOM recommends smaller US nuclear stockpile.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/world/cartwright-key-retired-general-backs-large-us-nuclear-reduction.html?_r=1&hp
Tri-Valley Cares needs to be on this if they aren't already. We need to make sure that NNSA and LLNL does not make good on promises to pursue such stupid ideas as doing Plutonium experiments on NIF. The stupidity arises from the fact that a huge population is placed at risk in the short and long term. Why do this kind of experiment in a heavily populated area? Only a moron would push that kind of imbecile area. Do it somewhere else in the god forsaken hills of Los Alamos. Why should the communities in the Bay Area be subjected to such increased risk just because the lab's NIF has failed twice and is trying the Hail Mary pass of doing an SNM experiment just to justify their existence? Those Laser EoS techniques and the people analyzing the raw data are all just BAD anyways. You know what comes next after they do the experiment. They'll figure out that they need larger samples. More risk for the local population. Stop this imbecilic pursuit. They wan...
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May 16, 2012 10:46 PM
Big deal! Bret Knapp understood no requirement for nuclear weapons when he started "wiping out" nuclear weapon expertise and capability 5-years ago at LANS. The only capability he didn't wipe out were those goals tied to PBIs, like hydrotests, which he gets a $20,000 bonus for each one that is fired. Knapp is a genius.
LLNL may get through the tight budget times if Parney can find more than weapons for a steady program.
Due to some poor choices, LANL does not look to have as bright a future.
May 22, 2012 5:38 PM
Bingo, we have a winner! LANL is going to be repeatedly downsized and is about to become "Rocky Flats II".
There is little support in the New Mexico Congressional delegation for LANL. St. Pete is long gone. They'll continue to support their "good" lab, SNL, and let LANL slowly twist in the wind.
May 23, 2012 9:19 PM
Los Alamos is "Rocky Flats II". Come on out to Area G where former Rocky Flats (and Savannah River) employees and managers are running the place. Things are so hectic that rules and policies are being broken to move the TRU waste. If things stay on this path, it won't be long before the FBI come in through the gates with M-16s and billy clubs to shut this place down.
May 25, 2012 7:27 PM
They may have bigger guns but they will hand them to the FBI like the French did when the Nazi's invaded.