From Deseret News archives:
A Divine Strake victory
Which is why last week's decision was such a surprise and such a reason to celebrate.
Opposition to Divine Strake was never really a question of science. Plenty of scientists were available to argue both sides of the case that the explosion of 700 tons of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil on a site that might be contaminated with radioactivity was either a hazard or completely safe.
This was, from the beginning, a question of whether people who once were brutally victimized should be subject to something that even resembles the same sort of treatment again.
The government lied in the mid-20th century. It said above-ground nuclear tests in Nevada were completely safe. A lot of Utahns suffered horrible cancers and deaths as a result. And even though Congress approved reparations to many of those victims, the government should know better than to return to the same site and unleash a mushroom cloud that it insists would be safe.
Now the government's Defense Threat Reduction Agency says it will use alternative methods to study whether large-scale testing is needed, and it will try some small-scale tests.
But we're confident the government can find ways to develop such a bomb without arousing the suspicions of Utahns who already have been deceived once.
The Divine Strake cancellation was, as the governor said, a victory for the people of Utah who spoke loudly against it. It also was a victory for the state's congressional delegation and Huntsman himself. All of them spoke with a united voice, so loud they could be heard all the way in Washington.
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