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»Declining research .. continued front pa<#c 1J Nuclear energy ,\T~: ? abuses, and the California General Assembly is i contemplating legislation that would require % professors to disclose all consulting ties. Reading the • handwriting on the wall, the University of \ Pennsylvania recently adopted a moonlighting policy • that requires faculty members to reimburse the 5 school if computers or other school property is used > in consulting work. The government is also looking into patents. • Until now, schools have owned the products of j government-sponsored research for three years, when patent rights reverted to the government. During | that time schools usually licensed their patents to mandates an indefinite moratorium on spent fuel reprocessing, meaning that “hot” spent fuel from the 72 reactors in this country must be miraculously disposed of. private industry. With a nod to the historic government-academic relationship, the General Services Administration has just proposed lengthening universities’ patent ownership from three to five years. But there, too. the research schools are facing an obstacle. Ralph Nader has protested the extension, claiming universities “reap hundreds of millions of dollars of profits from work supported by the federal government.” Nader is currently looking for ways to legally challenge what he calls “this give-away” of research and product rights paid for by the public. By the mid 1980s, the DOE projects, more than 25,000 tons of nuclear waste will be housed in ‘temporary’ storage vaults. Though a Federal Inter-Agency Review Group (IRG) has stated that the nuclear waste problem is “manageable,” last year the timetable for the first permanent disposal of nuclear wastes slipped from 1985 to 1992. “The issue of nuclear waste should have been taken more seriously 20 years ago,” remarked Chon. At that time nuclear energy was in its infancy and was heralded as the salvation of America’s surging energy demands. “No concrete policy was made,” recalled Chon. “It was taken for granted that the issue could be easily solved.” However, the common and highly quoted belief that no safe, permanent disposal technology currently exists is not valid, according to Chon. “There are several very viable options for wast disposal,” he said. “Their feasibility has never been questioned,” The best method of permanent waste disposal, in Chon’s opinion, is that in which the nuclear fission products are separated and vitrified, or glassified. The mass is then encased in canisters and buried in stable mineral beds, which have survived intact for millions of years, he said. Such full scale waste disposal is now employed by France and Japan, Chon noted. ‘Granted’ wastes Environmentalists, however, challenge the concept of planting a deadly waste product in a natural formation and deeming it “safe.” What about the safety of future generations, they asfc, when a clacier unearths the still lethal contents of the canister. Tuition hike . . . continued from page 6 upper division) — again are forced to bear the brunt of education costs. SASU also pointed out the ineligibility of part-time students to receive TAP assistance. The Albany group has gained support from SUNY employee bargaining agent United University Professions against any boost and expects endorsement soon from New York State United Teachers. SASU also took part in organization of the State-Wide Coalition Against Tuition Hike, an alliance of various New York State labor, corrmunity, religious and educational organizations. Yesterday’s meeting between three SUNY student Officials and the SUNY Board of Trustees (with whomthe final acceptance or rejection of the proposal lies) was arranged through SASU President Steve Allinger. He said Monday, “Although the tuition increase is.not on the meeting’s agenda and SUNY Chancellor Clifton R. Wharton refuses to discuss any related issue before the budget is released, it will provide students with an opportunity to determine the trustees’position.” Buffalo zoo. — \ to which Kendall has attributed the deaths of some African birds. Another keeper, who called himself George, said too many alligators are kept in the pond. way to get back at management.’ said. Whitman hopes to raise Strong student opposition . While student representatives who flew to AlbanyT6f the meeting yesterday were taking the risk of finding themselves simply exchanging platitudes, thp Trustees’ invitation was a show of good faith - Allinger said they originally feared a demonstration — and allowed s6me exchange of ideas. SASU was able, at least, to present the Board with an idea of the student support it has mustered against the move. According to UB Student Association President Karl Schwartz — who represented this University - the meeting allowed student representatives the opportunity to put forth the arguments “to assure the Trustees and the Chancellor that students are very together in their sentiments toward this issue.” ' Whitman conceded that, funds for modernization in a although conditions at the zoo are multi-million dollar fund raising adequate, they are not ideal. He campaign this spring, said many changes would Presently, an independent necessitate money that the Zoo' survey company, Price simply doesn’t have. “When the Waterhouse, is conducting an Zoo was built (the first building, in-depth study of the Zoo. The for deer, went up in 1875), we results should be released in about didn’t know what we do now,” he a month. Head Curator Richard Beyers said the piajority of the birds died of natural causes over a period of years. ‘‘There was no concentration of deaths,” he claimed. Beyers, who admitted the alligator pond is overcrowded, said the Zoo has offered some of the alligators free of charge to other zoos, but none have been accepted. SASU expects the Executive Budget to be out by February 1. It is pushing, however, to have any proposal of a tuition hike removed before then. “If not,” according to SASU Communications Director Libby Post, “we want it out of the supplemental budget.” Keepers also cite unsafe working conditions, fearing a shortage of snake anti-venom in case of an emergency. The available supply, they said, is outdated. PHOTOCOPYING - 8c per copy NO JOB TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL! THE SpECTI\UM 355 Squire Hall Beyers claims anti-venom has been shown effective even 30 years after the expiration date. In case of a serious bite, he said, an initial dose would be administered at the Zoo until the American Association of Zoological Gardens and Aquariums can send a more specific antidote from its comprehensive stock by plane. Strained labor Whitman describes alleged strained labor relations as the source of many of the charges. In 1973, the Buffalo Zoo, formerly run by the City, came under the control of the non-profit Zoological Society. As a result. Whitman explained, 13 keepers fall under the jurisdiction of the city’s Parks Department while others are' employed by the Society. The City workers, according to Whitman, average $2000 per year more,than Society workers and follow a more relaxed set of rules. Although Kendall admitted to differences and resentment among some members of each group, he maintained that all are united against Whitman. “He wants people to believe that (labor relations) are the cause of ail this,” said Kendall. 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