From Deseret News archives:
Senate notes its objection to Strake
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"As I understand it, I don't think there's supposed to be any airborne plume out of this," said Sen. Scott Jenkins, R-Plain City.
Minority Whip Sen. Gene Davis, D-Salt Lake, principal sponsor of SCR5, said the resolution is "probably the most important thing we can do." He cited fears that contaminated dust "is going to recirculate into the atmosphere" and that the radioactive particles could harm downwind residents.
Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, objected to the way the bill went straight to final vote without a committee hearing so the public could comment.
Sen. Bill Hickman, R-St. George, said this is a sensitive topic for people from southern Utah. "There are a lot of unknowns in this issue," he said. "But we have had in our recent history a lot of unknowns when they (federal officials) were doing testing in Nevada, and we were assured that, and many times during that period, that these were very safe above-ground tests."
Despite those assurances, "we find out later that no, that is not the case, that we were misled as to the safety of those tests at that time. And as a result, a lot of our folks have had some very serious illnesses," he said.
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