Posted: Saturday, February 21, 2015 8:00 pm
By Patrick Malone, The New Mexican, Excerpts
Even as the birthplace of the atomic bomb continues to reel from its role in a radiation leak last year that stranded nuclear waste indefinitely at labs throughout the country, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall said Los Alamos National Laboratory remains the nation’s only option for ramped-up production of nuclear weapon triggers.
“As long as we have nuclear weapons, they have to have pits, and Los Alamos does that,” Udall, D-N.M., told The New Mexican on Friday.
“What I hope for is that we have aggressive efforts by our president and by the Senate, and we get nuclear agreements in place where we can reduce the amount of weapons, and we need fewer pits and you don’t have to have the robust kind of facility that some people talk about,” he said.
“If you’re weighing in and saying they’ve made a big mistake and they need to pay for it and there are consequences, I support them,” Udall said.
“It’s pretty clear that Los Alamos’ people, the scientists and others that were working on this, made a mistake. … The big question now is how do we move forward?” Udall said. “How do we make sure we don’t make mistakes like that again?”
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“It’s pretty clear that Los Alamos’ people, the scientists and others that were working on this, made a mistake. "
What did "scientists" have to with this?
February 23, 2015 at 1:48 PM
"Have to" What? "do"? "think"? How about using a complete sentence if you want to be understood? Proofread. Proofread. Proofread.
“It’s pretty clear that Los Alamos’ people, the scientists and others that were working on this, made a mistake. "
Of course, taken out of context, you might draw another conclusion from his statement.
The man has no clue what goes on at Los Alamos.
What a change for the worse!