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Nuclear Subs
Frequent Haifa
CARL ALPERT
SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
They are forbidden to enter the
ports of New York and San Fran-
cisco. They are banned from ports
in Australia and New Zealand-
but nuclear powered submarines
and other ships of the U.S. Navy
request the port of Haifa at the
rate of four or five a year, totalling
some dozens in recent years.
What danger, if any, does this
hold for the population of Haifa?
In the event of a major malfunc-
tioning in one or more of the vis-
iting reactors, would the entire
population of the city have to be
evacuated? These and other ques-
tions are now being seriously
asked as talk goes on regarding
enlargement of Haifa port to pro-
vide permanent accommodations
for ship of the U.S. Navy The sub-
ject is no one which is usually dis-
cussed openly, but the Liberal
Center Movement conducted and
open forum here where views
which have heretofore only been
whispered about, were openly
aired-and rebutted. This is the
picture that emerged.
Port officials, who presumably
should know everything about
ships which enter the sheltered
waters, pleaded ignorance. Shaul
Raziel, director of the Israel Port
Authority, declared that when
the ships enter the port of Haifa,
or even sail up the Kishon for re-
pairs at the shipyard, no ques-
tions are asked as to how they are
powered. There has been talk
about building a special pier to
accommodate U.S. aircraft carri-
ers and other deep draught ves-
sels, but that's all the Port
Authority knows. The whole mat-
ter is awaiting approval of the
U.S. Congress, but perhaps has
been shelved because of budget
cuts. Visits by ships of the U.S.
Navy have already been reduced.
Dr. M. Steiglitz, an authority
on nuclear strategy, went straight
to the point. he warned of the dan-
gers inherent not only in the nu-
clear reactors which power the
ships, but also in the atomic
weapons with the vessels may car-
ry. No one knows the extent of the
latter because the U.S. Navy per-
mits no inspection. Despite the
most elaborate safety precautions,
he said, more than a thousand ac-
cidents have been recorded world-
wide in atomic powered ships. The
danger of radiation leakage into
the waters of Haifa Bay is very
real, he warned. The fact the this
subject is never discussed does not
mean that the danger does not ex-
ist. No contamination has ever
been reported from ships here, but
no one knows what may go on
within the ships. The authorities
here can only rely on the word of
the Americans.