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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsthe 1963 nuclear test band treaty and my father who helped write it
It was the the thing that he thought was important in his life working under the joint chiefs in his life. I'm from a real nuclear family.
Any way my dad had a stroke a year ago and they said he was gone and could'nt ever walk again. or fuction................. he said fuck that
I got the news today................ he's walking and fucking up their illusion.
merrily
(45,251 posts)RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Maybe he knew Rickover?
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Adm. Hyman Rickover, the Father of the Nuclear Navy and of Shippensport nuclear reactor. In the twilight of his career, he testified before Congress in January 1982. Below is an excerpt from his testimony. Given who this man was and what he did, his statements were profound.
Heres an excerpt from Rickovers testimony:
Ill be philosophical. Until about two billion years ago, it was impossible to have any life on earth; that is, there was so much radiation on earth you couldnt have any life fish or anything. Gradually, about two billion years ago, the amount of radiation on this planet and probably in the entire system reduced and made it possible for some form of life to begin
Now when we go back to using nuclear power, we are creating something which nature tried to destroy to make life possible
Every time you produce radiation, you produce something that has a certain half-life, in some cases for billions of years.
I think the human race is going to wreck itself, and it is important that we get control of this horrible force and try to eliminate it
I do not believe that nuclear power is worth it if it creates radiation.
Then you might ask me why do I have nuclear powered ships. That is a necessary evil. I would sink them all. Have I given you an answer to your question?
On the hazards of nuclear power.
Testimony to Congress (28 January 1982);
published in Economics of Defense Policy:
Hearing before the Joint Economic Committee,
Congress of the United States, 97th Cong., 2nd sess., Pt. 1 (1982)
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hyman_G._Rickover
Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)I know I was when I became involved with Project Everyman.
https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/206164
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)at the only atomic base in the nation may tell you somethingl
csziggy
(34,139 posts)His uncle was one of the young physicists brought in after the war. They lived in Los Alamos before the public knew it existed. My husband's father had clearance to go visit and could take his family to see his brother's family while it was still secret.
Unfortunately, his uncle was one of the men who could not live with what they were doing and he committed suicide at a pretty young age.
MineralMan
(146,338 posts)malthaussen
(17,217 posts)But you might consider changing the "test band" typo in your headline.
-- Mal
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)right now.
Greybnk48
(10,177 posts)for generations! How proud you must be.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)Tell your Dad... Thank You.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)I think I saw them open for Pixies back in '89.
MineralMan
(146,338 posts)But, then, I'm old and I forget, sometimes.
eggplant
(3,915 posts)Thanks, Obama!
(best wishes to your dad, btw)
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)He worked on the Manhattan Project.
Congratulations and happy applause to your dad!
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)and senator came there and asked the troops what they thought
He spoke up as a B 29 crew leader and said they have been there too long beyond what they were promised.
he said that cost him 4 years of his rank. but they went home
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Respect.
My dad was in the labs in Manhattan. He was a chemist, PhD at age 21!
I don't know if he met any of the important people...he didn't talk about anything he did.
Omaha Steve
(99,780 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)can heal over what others tell you my friend.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)I love it when someone fucks up an illusion.
And you have lots of reasons to be proud of your father.
madokie
(51,076 posts)I do mean that in a most wonderful way too.
My hope is for your father to keep on kicking some real nuclear ass going forward
Oh and tell him thanks. I feel I can say that for many of us here so I am.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)some more than others but it is a great question\
calimary
(81,527 posts)I had no idea we were in such distinguished company!
Hope he sticks around, walking, talking, and squawking for a long time!
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)The world's children, in particular, thank him.
Hekate
(90,865 posts)I've been thinking a lot about those days, and that string of treaties and agreements that helped walk the world back from the brink of destruction. Every step is incomplete, but every step is vitally important. Thank him for me -- I was in high school in 1963, and used to worry a lot about nuclear annihilation. His life's work was important beyond words for all of us.
bananas
(27,509 posts)That is one of the most important treaties in history.
Glad he's walking again.