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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-8-1993 The BG News April 8, 1993 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News April 8, 1993" (1993). BG News (Student Newspaper). 5524. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5524 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. Weather Today: mostly cloudy with a chance of Eppler North and South Softball team sweeps Ball showers. High in the next renovation project. State, move to 4-0 in the mid - 60's. MAC. G The BG News Thursday, April 8,1993 The BG News Volume 75, Issue 131 Radioactive cloud hovers over Siberia byAlanCooperman The Associated Press mental group Greenpeace said gens. ordinary maps and its exact pop- Tolkatsky said the cloud was seven-point International Atomic several villages were at risk The average acceptable dose ulation is unknown. heading toward the Yenisei River Energy Agency scale, according from windbome fallout. for nuclear workers is 2 roent- Commonwealth television said in the general direction of 11 to Kaurov, the Nuclear Energy MOSCOW -- A radioactive No deaths were reported and gens per year, according to the the Russian Air Defense Com- Siberian villages, each with a few Ministry spokesperson. The cloud moved across Siberia on no one was evacuated from the International Commission on mand was monitoring the thousand inhabitants. Chernobyl disaster rated seven. Wednesday after a tank of contaminated region, about 1,700 Radiological Protection. A roent- radioactive cloud, which was "They keep saying there's no "It has been the single worst radioactive waste exploded in miles east of Moscow. Only one gen is a measure of the human moving northeast toward less danger and no evacuation is accident since the Chernobyl ca- what the government called the fireman received a high dose of body's exposure to radiation. densely populated areas at a planned, but the situation in tastrophe," Kaurov said. worst nuclear accident since radiation, said Georgy Kaurov, Russian authorities said the height of 1.2 miles and a speed of those villages is unpredictable," "However, it cannot be com- Chernobyl. head of the Nuclear Energy Min- wind blew the radiation away 22mph. Tolkatsky said. pared to Chernobyl." Kaurov Russian and foreign experts istry's information department. from Tomsk-7, a secret military Late Wednesday, the cloud The Greenpeace spokesperson said the Tomsk-7 explosion said Tuesday's explosion at the The State Emergency Commit- city built by the Soviets, and the passed north of Ashino. a town of also said he expected the number released only a few curies, a Tomsk-7 nuclear weapons com- tee said radiation levels around much larger nearby city of about 30,000 people 75 miles of firefighters with high doses of radiation measurement. Cherno- plex was far less severe than the Tomsk-7 were .03 roentgens per Tomsk, which has about 500,000 northeast of Tomsk, according to radiation to rise. byl released 80 million, he said. 1986 Chernobyl disaster. But a hour Wednesday. Northeast of inhabitants. Dmitry Tolkatsky of Green- The explosion was considered spokesperson for the environ- the plant, levels were .04 roent- Tomsk-7 does not appear on peace's Moscow office. a "third-class incident" on the See Siberia, pap three. Students go on Trash Walk Incinerator meets Volunteers in federal standards Progress donate The Associated Press time In effort to rid BG of litter EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio - Operators of a hazardous-waste incin- erator waited Wednesday for approval from state environmental re- by Cindy Krogh gulators before starting limited commercial operations. volunteer reporter The Waste Technologies Industries plant on Tuesday received ap- proval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for limited operation while the results of the plant's trial burn are analyzed. While many students in The federal EPA said the incinerator met requirements for particu- Bowling Green ignore the lates, or solids left after burning, and carbon monoxide. prevalence of pop cans and WTI needs Ohio EPA approval before it can begin operations. Ohio refuse littering the city and EPA spokeswoman Jennifer Nichols said she did not know when the campus, one student organi- agency might issue a decision. zation trekked around town Opponents of the plant convinced U.S. District Judge Ann Aldrich last night picking up trash. to issue an order blocking the commercial operation after the trial Volunteers in Progress burn. But the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati stayed sponsored a Trash Walk Aldrich's order pending the outcome of WTI's appeal. Wednesday night to help The incinerator is located along the Ohio River, across from Penn- clean up this messy problem. sylvania and West Virginia. With trash bags in hand, Critics have charged that the incinerator will pollute the environ- about 25 volunteers walked ment with toxic emissions. WTI, which has said its technology is safe, through the streets of Bowl- expects to burn up to 60,000 tons of industrial waste annually. ing Green and campus pick- Opponents said Tuesday they are now counting on a congressional ing up trash for about an hour investigation to halt the plant. The opponents, including the environ- and a half. mental group Greenpeace, also said they would continue to pressure "The idea for the walk the Clinton administration to block operations at the plant. came from a group discussion WTI spokesman Raymond Wayne said that during the limited of the executive members," commercial burning, the plant will be allowed to incinerate wastes said Amy Lynch, the presi- similar to those burned during the shakedown process last fall - pri- dent of Volunteers in Prog- marily solvents, recycled oil and paint-related waste. ress (VIP). Wayne said he did not know exactly how much waste was on site, Lynch said the walk was but said operations could begin as soon as the go-ahead was given. designed to promote the or- Although the plant will not be in full operation, Wayne said the ganization. company will charge for its services. "I think it's important to "We would be providing a commercial service to industry," he said. take an interest in your com- munity," said graduate ad- Wayne declined to say how much money the company might make. viser to VIP Brad Hastings. Previous reports have said the plant was losing $115,000 a day He said that now when he while a court fight over its fate continued. Wayne said Wednesday drives to work and views the that figure was correct on days when the plant was not operating at street he cleaned, he can feel all, but not when at least some burning - including the shakedown he has a vested interest in the burn - was done. community. Wayne said WTI made some money when it was storing wastes on site and burning them as part of the shakedown process. All of the Trash Walk par- He declined to say what the plant's earnings or losses might be on ticipants seemed to have posi- days when some burning was done. tive feelings about their The shakedown period began shortly after a federal court ruled in efforts. VIP Coordinator November that the burn could proceed and ended in March, Nichols Janet Skinner said she The BG Newt/Laura Gate said. She said she did not know the exact dates of the burn or the thought this was a great ex- Helping the community, senior biology major Tim Hlrzel, junior history major Aaron Hcltz, and number of days on which commercial waste was burned. perience. freshman music education major Aaron Kujawski (left to right) shove an unwanted chair In a trash While arguments continued on a lawsuit filed by opponents seeking bag during the Volunteer In Progress Trash Walk Wednesday evening outside of Conklin Hall. About to block the trial burn, WTI sought permission for another 720 hours See Trash, page Four. 25 students Joined the trash walk event to promote community service. of shakedown burning. Regulators declined to allow the second 720-hour burn. Policy change allows 19-year-olds to enter Club 21 by Joe Peltier Green Municipal Court. "If they want to set you up they According to court records, abate the property for two years police reporter After the court ruling, Thomp- will. If they want to bust you they Thompson was cited six times on Jan. 13,1993. "If they want to set you son sold the bar to Gott, a gradu- will. That's the way the liquor between September 1991 and Oc- up they will. If they ate student, who will receive her control operates." tober 1992. He was cited three Ash said it is not easy to close A Bowling Green bar with a want to bust you they master's degree in public admin- times for serving alcohol to a down a business under the public troubled past may have to change istration in December. Gott But police said they are not go- nuisance laws. its name from Club 21 to Club 19. will. That's the way the ing to treat the bar differently "It has to continually be a prob- changed the name and age re- "We don't have a Denise Gott, the new owner of liquor control quirement from 18 to 21 years from any other establishment.

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