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<br /> i ' riost of abgrut 5321mt1lion. lyhcrcas thoughthccesiumargumcnriswithout ~ti1.~i~r~~~••
<br /> most. irraddtation planes around the mcnt, it'has nonc[Jtc)css complicated
<br /> fvarld usq'cob8lt-60, supplied by i\'or- the proponents' public-relations chore. ~ ~ ~ . j
<br /> ' dion International, as their isotope . George Giddings, an uradiacion-tech- To create a truly successfu j ra-r
<br /> . source, government plannersoriginzliy .nology consultant, correctly calls the. grance~for'today's sophisticated -
<br /> hoped co use ccsium•137 in [hc dcm- ,argument "the single most inflamrna- woman: it is essenttal to het sense .
<br /> "onstration plancs.',Unlike cobalt-60,'; . tory aspect of the food irradiation de- ofstyletobothstimulateheremo-
<br /> e ~ cesium-137 is an lneidcnial by-product - bate:" He says, "It has fueled the con- ~.tlons and create a dfst(nct Image .
<br /> - ~ of nuclear-svcapdns~ manufacture; it is , croversy far beyond its significance." ~in her mind. Ius~ as the scent .
<br /> also more dangerous grid Icss suitable Th'c nvo sides arc now at an' im- ~ of an individuahfragrance.is a
<br /> for irradiation than cobalt-60. passe. On the one hand; advocates highlq. personal sensory~experi-
<br /> d One~rcason the planners µ-ere in fa- ~ have held sway,ac tfie federal level, as ~''ence, so too'is thepackaging that
<br /> vorofcesium is that they wished to put the FbA's Qonltry rule indicates. Leg- .enhances it:.' .
<br /> rouse [he relacivel7 small amount that islation introduced in Congress throe '.Throughout history the creators ,
<br /> had been kept in underwater cooling ~ years ago to roll back FDA food-.ftradi- ~ of perfume bottles haves been
<br /> ' ~ tapks .at CVashington Sfacc's Hanford ' Scion permits an ban thq_irn" ort and' .inspired by the materials and ' ,
<br /> p ..designs of the tlriies'in which they
<br /> Nuclear~Rcservadon ivhilc awaidng,...~exporc of irradiated foot~for nvo years ' . LivedliPcndenC$gyptlansfastiloned
<br /> ' 'scozage iri'a permanent., gcological~re- never reached the floor, and enactment the defy first Fragrance bottles.ont
<br /> posimry. Buc .opponents suspcaed an in [he future is extremely unlikely. On ~ 'ofterra-cotta; often in sphinx-like
<br /> ulterior mo[ive: if the~demonstretiod `;the other'hand;,opponcnts have had shapes. Thet3thcenturyvenetians----
<br /> ~planrs showedtharcesium was useful ~sOmc triumphs. at the sta[c.and'Iocali' ~ crafte$' glass,:flacons-ft>
<br /> their'
<br /> " in'Food izradiation; pfivaie plant opera- IeJcls. They havc`won two-year'mot- , scents.'An at-the 18th centu ''a"
<br /> ' ~ ,tors might demand access to another,' atotlums on salesand proccssing'of ir- called..by'-~rnany.:'the,_great'age
<br /> much larger source oE'ccsium-•[he radiated foods in Ncw York and'Ncw,. , of°"perfumery." French artists.
<br /> „ spen['fucl from commercial nuclear rc- ~ ~ ~ Jersey; and they -have obtained a ~pnr- ~ des(gned precious bottles of porce- .
<br /> "'r actors.. Spent fuel also contains an manent'ban in Maine. Before the '-iain,goldandenamef..
<br /> - ; ` t abundant ainountof plutonium; repro-,. DOE's food-irradiation prograrri was ' W,hen Isatdown to create the lint-
<br /> cessing ofthc fuel, n-hich~would be cut from six to nvo plants; they alsd' tleformynew"Cassinl"fragrance.
<br /> ` nccc'ssaryto extract the cesium; wotild blocked constfuction of Rvo bf the pro- i was inspired by these masters of
<br /> be the first step;cowardgecoyering the- posed facilities; first in''California and the art-as well as by my.Rtisstan
<br /> ~plutonium3for.military~use.~A1986 later.inAfaska,.andtheyhave,ptevent-~ -heritage. when you lookst.the-,
<br /> - ~ i iCSFI ublication starts, "The sc a- , ed ~ ' ~ higfily' i'ndlvldualistic' bottle that ~ '
<br /> p p private irradiation companies from houses'Cassini'.yousee'an'origi-
<br /> ration processing of cesium will allow building plants in several cities. Most nal glass sculpture viith'an Asiatle
<br /> ' ~foi the Ycproccssing of ;plutonium for impor[ant, the opponents' success in. = feei(nq that is ta=mpered by my '
<br /> the new generation of 17,000 warheads depicting food irradiation as dangerous Western background. Verysenstial.
<br /> ~ the Reagan-rldministra[iori has re-'.~ is likely [o dcte,r food companies for at but also very subtle..
<br /> . ~ , , gaestCd ~J.ithin tnc next 6-7 years." - . ' Icasc' the neXt several years. from the; ~ It ~ is a bottle that promises to
<br /> - ~ Advocates point ou[~tharthe 1982 .risk-of alienating consumert,•~byem-. become,a classic heaoy.2rystai:
<br /> Hart-_Simpson amendment to tfic i`IU- bracing the process. ~ Iikeg(ass,crownedbyartamethyst
<br /> .clear Regulaton• Commission's budget Even wiihouc the pressure from op- _ stopper set on a 2Y-karat gold.cof- . - ~ ~ ~-t;
<br /> _ 5uthorizacionbars'usingspent~om- poncncs;foodirradiation'sdevelop- Iar.Abotdethatperfectlycomple-
<br /> _ mciCial;fucl for'milicary purposes 1nd,~ mcnt would probably be slew, because ments~ the fragrance it, holds.
<br /> that thc~~DOE has shaven no interest in ~ of uncertainties about the efficiency
<br /> of ' ~ Something that any. man would
<br /> - repealing the amendment, The requi- ~ the process. DOE planners hope that 'want to give the woman in his Ilfe:
<br /> 'siterepiocessingplancsdonotedenex- their demonsdation'plancs, both bf ~ that any wtiman`would~want~to~
<br /> ~ ist in this countr}•, and arc not likely to which .will use accelerators as energy, • ' grace her: dressing ta61e. Rememr
<br /> i; ~ her, a woman without a perfumefs
<br /> iformanyyeats, ifevec lnaddi[ion, the sources, will resolve some of those a.worTtanwithoutapast::
<br /> ~ Impetus for the six demonstration irra- que'scions. In the meantime, food-
<br /> I,dia[ionplants Camc not fromthc DOE, ' compan}• executives stem prepared ta. \
<br /> !which-evas lukewarm toward the %d'ea; wait ;Merle Eiss, the technical-sys= t
<br /> but from-Congress, where'irradiation terns manager at McCormick & Com- %
<br /> ' sdxocatcs regularly wrote money for. pany, the only, food manufacturer in ~ ~ ~
<br /> - rlhe program into adrVtiltis[ra[ion bud- the coun[ry that.has acknowledged us= -i" ' ~ ~ ' ~ / "
<br /> gets. Finally;. npne of the planned • ing'~jood irradiation even sparingly, pr,, /
<br /> demonstration plants specified any in- • says,~'Consumcrs react very slowly to Nf '
<br /> t~ntion ro use ecsium as.an energy any technological change [related co h
<br /> ` sc{utcc; arid after funding constraints food]: Fcoglc thought canned food was s~~j' ~ ~ ~ '
<br /> ca11usCd the program zobc cut back; the poison, and ftfry years passed. before [;;3
<br /> cvvo plants•thatsurvivcd chose a source anybody woutid eat it. Some people ~S.A -
<br /> other than ecsium. This stems a pecu- around the ~COUntry• still dotit .like to t
<br /> liar way to operate aprogram~intended drink pasteurized milk." ~ ~ a~i
<br /> r~•"+ to!creatc a demand for cesium. Al-'\ ~ -lacques•LerGe . ~
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