Talk:Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory

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Removed: "In 1998, the FBI requested specific examples of criminal activity at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) regarding the lack of Emergency Core Cooling Systems on all Nuclear Power Plants at the Kesselring Site Operations (KSO). A few months later the FBI announced that it would not take action and would not investigate further."

Not only is this statement lacking relevance to this particular article, it's extracted from an 'unofficial' site whose focus is mere propaganda. Nuclear facilities do not normally fall under FBI jurisdiction anyway, nevermind the fact that the author sent a copy to a Utah senator for a site in New York, why? http://www.mindspring.com/~kapl/jpsreactors02.html

As a former nuclear reactor operator, I can accurately say this statement does not even make sense...nor does the article from which it was extracted...nor does the main site. Both this article and the site itself are spattered with misinformation and blatantly false claims. I could personally debunk essentially every claim made on that site.

Let's not use extremist propaganda from one misinformed, upset guy :)


 * to the unsigned above user "Albany, NY". You can't wash away the radiation and other toxic pollution left by KAPL at Knolls or at its other sites.  John Shannon was longtime KAPL PhD engineer and even safety chief, before he blew the whistle.  Your ad hominem calls Shannon "misinformed"? (Shannon, a retired U. S. Marine Corps Major, a Former Nuclear Physicist/Nuclear Engineer, a Former Supervising Nuclear Physicist/Engineer and Former Manager of Nuclear Safety, Industrial Safety/Industrial Hygiene at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory" )
 * An historical resource documenting negligence and pollution by GE and KAPL in the New York upstate area was published by John (Jack) Shannon (longtime GE KAPL PhD engineer and even safety chief, before he blew the whistle).[5] "...Jack Shannon, a Saratoga Springs resident who said he was KAPL's safety manager several decades ago before he was fired for voicing safety concerns. 'The Energy Department has not identified where the deadly plutonium that escaped has gone, and no one seems to care,' he said.[6]
 * The extremist propaganda is yours. You say you can "debunk" the documents in http://www.mindspring.com/~kapl -- prove it. In this Fukushima era, your military-industrial-utility nuclear line is discredited.Yohananw (talk) 19:04, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

opening paragraph minor ambiguity
"Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) is a research and development facility dedicated to the support of the US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program — a joint program of the United States Navy and United States Department of Energy, responsible for the research, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of U.S. nuclear-powered warships."

It seems that the second half of the sentence (after the hyphen) is referring to the US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. If this is the case I'd like to split it out into its own sentence, to make it a bit more clear. Once I have time I'll do some fact-checking and then fix it up. -FrankTobia 04:17, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

KAPL/Bettis Contract
It was recently announced that Bechtel was awarded the joint contract to operate Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory and Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory. Colinsweet (talk) 22:57, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Demolition of contaminated buildings
If some contaminated buildings at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory were demolished using enclosed demolition (to avoid spreading the radioactive contaminants in the form of dust), why isn't this demolition mentioned in the current version of this article?? 98.123.38.211 (talk) 23:36, 10 July 2024 (UTC)