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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD, Thursday, July 26, 1979 - Page Nuclear waste 'Move em out! (Continued from Page 12) By Alvin Reiner What do you do with those wild bucking broncos after a Salt as a geological medium for permanent isolation of high level wastes has been recommended by the National Academy of Sciences and others because it is abundant, struc- rodeo? event, Well, ifitsabig-tim- e a fancy truck and trailer pulls up, they're loaded, sometimes with a little coaxing, and down the road they go at 55 mph. However, after the recent rodeo in Bluff, the Yanito brothers, David, Richard and Bennie, along with their families and the Willie Skowfarpily, had their hands full as they herded the unruly critters from the rodeo grounds, through town, along route 163 to Sand Island, and across the bridge to the Navajo Reservat- turally strong, relatively easy to mine, has very low permeability to water, thermal properties which could trans- heat away from waste, radiation good shielding propand erties plasticity to permit to 'heal." Additionfractures al research .remains to be done, however, to confirm its acceptability at specific locatmit ions. Woodward - Clyde Consultants and ifechtel National, Inc., will continue as principal subcontractors in the Para- ion. Many Bluff residents were startled to see the herd come thundering down the main street, while tourists sipping their morning coffee in the Turquoise Cafe peered out the windows to witness a scene reminiscent of the Old West. After making it past the at the west end of the horses decided town, to make a run for it, and charged through the wide open fields of sagebrush and cat-tlegu- dox exploration. An Interagency Review federal agencies Group of recommended to President Carter earlier this year that 14 the mined geologic repository concept receive initial emphasis and that consideration also be given to a variety of rock formations and alternative concepts such as deep seabed and deep drill hole ard Classified Deadline: ed along highway 163 without much difficulty until it reached the Sand Island bridge, which . proved to be a major obstacle. The horses balked at the bridge, continuously charging over the embankment, and at one point they tried to scale the nearly vertical cliffs by the campground. Finally, with some 15 people hiding on the steep embankment below the road's surface, and popping up, hands waving, one after another, the horses were shooed along the road and across the bridge onto the reservation. From the river, it was still several long and dusty miles to the various encampments, but the hardest and most dan- - . gerous segment of the journey had been completed. 5 p.m. Monday as well as disdisposal posal in outer space. The IRG found that present scientific and technical knowledge is adequate to identify potential repository sites for further investigations. No scientific or technical reason is known to prevent identifying a site that is suitable for a repository, provided that a systematic- approach is followed in identifying sites, it said. The feasibility of safely diswastes posing of can in mined repositories only be assessed on the basis of at specific investigations the said. group sites, The Department of Energy currently is holding hearings on a draft generic Environmental Impact Statement (ElS) on management of commercially - generated radioactive wastes. The EIS compares and analyzes the environmental consequences of strag-egifor high - level waste disposal. . greasewood. Their break for freedom was terminated by the vertical sandstone cliffs of the mesa. After once again being rounded up, the herd proceed- The horses make a break for freedom, but are stopped by the massive cliffs in the background. Photos by Alvin Reiner. 11 high-lev- el , es Training grant The San Juan Center for Higher Education has received a grant for over $63,000 from the Four Corners Regional Commission to be used for mine training. The grant will support other funds in a total program of $138,956. Other funding has come from private mining companies, the Utah State Vocational Training Program, the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and the College of Eastern Ut- TRANS WESTERN AIRLINES to SALT LAKE CITY L10AB GRAND JUNCTION ah. LOGAN PROVO Graduation SUPER DISCOUNT FARES AVAILABLE when connecting to other carriers For Reservations Dial ToD Freo: 0 Information Colorado ONLY TRANS WESTERN AIRLINES R.W. Harmon & Sons of Belton, Missouri, who operate school busses in San Juan County under a contract with the school district, have received a National Safety Council training achievement award citing Harmon's defensive drivers training course as the best in the nation for 1978. A 1 Blankenship, B landing, who manages the Harmon busses in San Juan School District, also received a safety plaque for accident - free operation of the busses in past years. Pictured above, Thomas P. Cox, Jr., executive vice president, of the Greater Kansas City Area Safety Council, left, presents the National Safety Council award to Richard Harmon, center, and Robert Harmon, right, owners of the firm which operates 2,400 school busses for 87 school districts in eight states. Its drivers carry 270,000 children each day and drive 27 -- million miles each year, transporting 47,700,000 passenger riders - annually. The College of Eastern Utah -Blanding campus invites the public to attend graduation ceremonies for the practical nursing class of 1979 on Friday, August 3, at 7:30 p.m. at San Juan High School. Guest speakers will be D.L. Gibbons, M.D., mayor of Blanding, andDavid Dennison, of the UNDC adult education division. Sherry Behunin is valedictorian of the class, and Sara Ann Begaye is salutatorian. .'v J v'i - v |