I'm sure that RPI knew this was coming and I'd bet that a deal has already been made. I'm sure that RPI isn't hearing about this for the first time in the newspaper.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
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Re April 27 article, “A nuclear reaction”: I read with interest the position of Mayor Gary McCarthy regarding [RPI’s nuclear] facility in Schenectady. Surely he must know that these facilities are not easily moved, nor can new ones be built. No matter, there is property to be sold. He apparently wants to seize private property from an educational institute to enhance a commercial/tourist venture. I can’t comment on the value or longevity of the redevelopment, but I think we know what the loss of such a facility would be to the nation’s scientifi c and energy community. How many do you think there really are? It is pretty clear that if the facility is to be moved, it will be lost. This site, and others like it, were state secrets for decades. Now that this one is public, he should be proud that the city has it. He further states intent to harm RPI economically. Is that the purpose of government? The article claims there is no security on site. In a post-9/11 world, that is really smart; almost an invitation to trouble. Does he really think there is no security? One of the secrets to security is not to reveal what your security is. I would love to see a response from RPI on this issue.
McCarthy should focus on his pathetic $5 million deficit instead of chasing away research facilities. Just what Schenectady need more surplus housing on an active flood plain. State investigators should look at the tax giveaways he granted while sitting like a bump on a log on "serving" the Metrograft bored.
Pretty hard to hurt an organization with an endowment of over a $1 billion. RPI President Shirley Jackson is an advisor to the current Democratic President and is the former Chair of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commision. Is McCarthy that stupid? Does he know how many people RPI has educated that work at GE, Knolls, GLOBAL FOUNDRIES. What a complete idiot!
Obama taps RPI’s Jackson for advisory board The Business Review by Robin K. Cooper Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 4:55pm EDT - Last Modified: Monday, April 27, 2009, 5:00pm EDT Shirley Ann Jackson, the leader of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , was named to the President Barack Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology today. Jackson, who serves as president of the Troy research university, will join a group of scientists and engineers who will assist Obama in developing national strategies in science and technology. Obama announced his appointments to the advisory group today during a speech at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C. The appointments came as Obama outlined his commitment to help the U.S. math and science students compete with peers from around the world. “Our students are outperformed in math and science by their peers in Singapore, Japan, England, the Netherlands, Hong Kong and Korea among others,” Obama said as he announced a plan to devote more than 3 percent of the gross domestic product to research and development. “We face more complex challenges than we have ever faced before,” he said. “Challenges in a global marketplace which links the derivative trader on Wall Street to the homeowner on main street, the office worker in America to the factory worker in China.” Jackson, former Chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is the University vice chairman of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness and a chair of the New York Stock Exchange Regulation Board.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a technological educational institution. The institute offers Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering, applied physics, biochemistry and biophysics, bioinformatics molecular biology, biology, biomedical engineering, building sciences, chemical engineering, chemistry, civil engineering, communication, computer systems engineering, computer science, economics, electrical engineering, electric power engineering, electronic arts, electronic media, arts, and communication. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was founded in 1824 and is based in Troy, New York. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has endowment assets worth $976.4 million.
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This plan calls for docks in the Stockade. A few years ago the Stockade revolted and had Don Rittners historic boat booted from docking (or even getting a dock) in their neighborhood.
Also, this report confirmed that where ALCO condos are going up is located in a 100 yr old flood zone. Galesi better stock up on Kilz now before his tax-free material grant runs out.
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As a former director of the RPI nuclear engineering program, I read with interest Bethany Bump’s April 27 article, “Schenectady mayor wants RPI to move nuclear reactor from Alco site.” Mayor Gary McCarthy is concerned about the impact the reactor might have on plans to develop the riverfront site and wants RPI to initiate decommissioning efforts so the reactor can be removed. During my tenure at RPI, I was asked to consider decommissioning the reactor; our staff prepared the paperwork required for decommissioning. However, the stumbling block was disposing the nuclear fuel. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) oversees the reactor operation and any decommissioning procedures, while the Department of Energy (DOE) owns the fuel. When we asked the DOE if they could give us a date to accept the fuel, they said they could not because they were backlogged with fuel acceptance and storage. RPI could initiate decommissioning without a certain date from the DOE, but then RPI would be responsible for moving and storing the fuel until the DOE would accept it. Moving and storing the fuel would require new licenses from the NRC and construction of an appropriate building to store the fuel. Once decommissioning is initiated, a clock starts ticking, and you must complete the process in a fixed time frame (about two years, as I remember). Without a fi rm acceptance date from the DOE, the costs and uncertainties associated with moving and storing the fuel seemed unacceptable. Therefore, we decided to keep the reactor operating, thus maintaining an important educational aspect of our program. Decommissioning and removal of the reactor is a complicated matter and involves issues beyond the control of RPI.
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McCarthy should focus on his pathetic $5 million deficit instead of chasing away research facilities. Just what Schenectady need more surplus housing on an active flood plain. State investigators should look at the tax giveaways he granted while sitting like a bump on a log on "serving" the Metrograft bored. 
