2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, August 2, 1995 RALLY Continued from page 1 Committee state that Jamal was rail- roaded into the crime because of his radi- cal political beliefs. Jamal was a member of the Black Panthers, MOVE and was the president of the National Association of Black Journalists. The group marched first to City Hall, where protests on Abu-Jamal's behalf have been taking place since June 1 of this year. The march then proceeded to The Ann Arbor News building, where it pro- tested the paper's lack of coverage of the case, and finally to the Federal Building. At the Federal Building, speeches from members of political organizations like Workers World Party and the Trotskyist League called for Abu-Jamal's release and decried his conviction as "racist." "The death penalty is racist," Copi Dc If you th call us PROBLE 769-72 Any time Fully confi Serving St Ilikil said. "We're here to tell the federal gov- Delaware, in which a white ernment it's not OK to kill people. We're supremacist's death sentence was over- here to tell themit's wrong." turned because the jury was found to be June Cutter, a member of the Workers biased against his political views. World Party, gave a speech of support at The committee claims that because the rally in front of the Federal Building. Jamal is Black, he is not receiving the ben- "Our organization is opposed to the efits of this decision. death penalty as well as the racism that Besides the Supreme Courtruling, the comes with it," she said. group hints in its literature that there is tan- Other organizations like the Black gible proof of Jamal's innocence. They re- Student Union and the Ann Arbor Na- fer to "eyewitnesses" and "new evidence." tional Lawyers Guild sent their support in In 1990 the Supreme Court turned absentia. down Jamal's request for a new trial. Paul Lefrak, one of the rally's organiz- On Monday, the committee is plan- ers, said that the protests have gathered a ning a rally to ask the Ann Arbor City strong voice. Council to pass a resolution calling for "The intemationalmovementisalready Jamal's release, a step previously taken by having an effect. The ruling class of this councils in both Detroit and Madison, country is starting to have cold feet, fearing Wis. outrage over the injustice," Lefrak said. Councilmember Tobi Hanna-Davies To bolster its claims that Jamal's con- said was unaware of such a resolution viction is racially motivated, the Free before the council. Mumia Committee cites the U.S. Supreme "I think (the picketers) are right. It af- Court's 1990 decision in Dawson vs. fects people nationwide if this execution goes through," she said. The group also plans to bus some of its n0't P an C!! members and any other interested parties ink you're prenant. to a protest taking place in Philadelphia nkyoure p naon Aug. 12. we listen, we Care. MN4 PREGNANCY HELP Color Printing Color Printing , any day, 24 hours. Color Printing dential Color Printin tudents since 1970. C r Big savings on color printing for all clubs, businesses, and HhP QI l!IcI organizations. FERMI Continued from page 1 sized the dangers of regularized exposure. "Each day of operation adds more and more radioactive material," Gunter said. "The more we learn about radiation, there are more and more concerns about chronic low-dose exposure." Gunter added that exposure can result in cell and chromo- somal damage to natural organisms. Turbine damage at Fermi II also con- cerns environmental advocates. On Christmas Day 1993, a mechanicalexplo- sion shatteredsome turbine bladeshurling them through steel casing into an adjoin- ing area of the plant. Detroit Edison, Fermi II's operator,, will not replace the blades until the plant's scheduled refueling in 1996. Un- til then, said Detroit Edison spokesman Guy Cerullo, stationary pressure plates are installed to take the place of the dam- aged blades in reducing steam pressure the reactor generates. A press release from June 1994 sup- plied by Greenpeace labels this repair "pa- thetic desperation on the part of the utility," to preserve its economic interests at the ex- pense of safety. The same document warns that Detroit Edison is "knowingly and will- ingly placing the people of this region at undue risk of a Chernobyl-type disaster," by making makeshift repairs to the turbine. Additionally, 1.5 million gallons of water used for coolant was contaminated due to the accident. The radioactive water was eventually released into Lake Erie, prompting charges that Detroit Edison en- dangered drinking water. "We filtered out 99.6 percent of the radioactive material from that water," Cerullo said. A third area of concern for environ- mentalists are cracks in the shrouds, two- inch thick stainless steel cylinders that route the flow of radioactive water. Mason of the Fermi II Action Project alleges that cracked shrouds would not contain radia- tion release in the event of an accident. Layton said one crack had been de- tected, but that it was in a "non-structural" area of the shroud and posed no danger. He added that the shrouds are made of steel thatis less susceptible to cracking. Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Jan Strasma backed Layton's assertions, saying the NRC was satisfi with the repair of the damaged turbi and other safety precautions. "We don't have any concerns abo (Detroit Edison) operating the turbi From our point of view the plant is sa and we have no problem with them ope ating it until their next scheduled refue ing," he said. Greenpeace's Conn disputed the a sertions of Detroit Edison and of th NRC. "They are operating in a nonstan ard configuration. They are testing th damaged turbine. The thing is not opera ing up and fine," he said. Conn went on to emphasize fu hazards from nuclear waste disposal an chronic low dose radionuclide release dangers associated with Fermi II. "We're going to be living here for th foreseeable future, and we're going to be e posed to food chain contamination,"he sa Another contention of Greenpeac and the Fermi II Action Project is that th plant is an economic disaster that is for ing Detroit Edison customers to subsi dize prohibitive costs. 4 Mason said the volume of power Femi B produces is unnecessary and that Detro Edison consumers pay an inflated rate fo electricity. "First and foremost, the powe that the plant is producing is not needed Very simple conservation measures woul< require much less power," she asserted. Layton said that not only was that as sertion false, but that Fermi II producet power more efficiently than alternatives. "Fermi II produces electricity for cr tomers at a rate of $8 per megawatt hou where our most efficient coal fired plan produces electricity at $11 per megawal hour," Layton said. Conn questioned Detroit Edison cal culations, expressing doubt that govern ment subsidies, fine and repair expenses waste disposal and other fixed costs fig ured into the utility's cost analysis. "Ferm II doesn't pay for itself," he said. Safety and economic issues regard Fermi II were among those debated at th July 30 to Aug. 1 conference at the SNRE': Dana Building. Greenpeace and the Fermi II Actiot Project will continue focus on how tc plan community outreach, picketing De troit Edison corporate offices, nonviolen protests, and a final rally near the Ferm II site on Aug. 6. 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