What is the impact of the incoming Administration on the contract change dates for the nuclear weapons labs?
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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If Perry meant anything he said, this is the least he would do. But really, nobody knows at this point.
No one knows, of course. Are you asking for uneducated opinions? Why?
Rick Perry comes in, shuts it all down, everyone is fired and all is good because we will be saving taxpayer dollars. Everything clear now?
December 15, 2016 at 6:24 PM
Because that is what this blog is for. (Actually, many of the comments found here would have to improve significantly to be uneducated opinions. Probably including this one, although I do know what self-referential means, apparently. This is a joke in case you missed it.)
December 15, 2016 at 6:24 PM
Because "educated opinions" are often compromised opinions. Education can make dumb people believe they know what they are talking about because they are "educated".
The whole climate science field has become a political mess an demonstrates perfectly why scientists should always avoid politics, unlike the climate science field which shot themselves in the foot.
Much similar to other issues like NATO not paying up nor many Allies (Japan, Saudi) not paying for their Defense.
To me (maybe not others) it makes total sense for us (and US) not to be ripped off.
I would also mention Air Force One and F-35 issues with cost over-runs that they are looking at.
To be fair Pres. Obama also canceled POTUS helicopter Program.
So there may be changes at DOE but will make sense (to me). Like Alaska Preserve drilling makes sense to me with new Technology (safer) where I didn't agree in the past.