Bulletin for the weeks of September 10-23, 2010
Upcoming Luncheon Programs and Club Events
September 16: Annual Rotary Golf Party at Wasatch Mountain State Park – no luncheon meeting
September 23: Chris Montague, Utah Nature Conservancy
September 30: Charlie Morgan, BYU professor, immigration specialist
October 7: Provo Mayor John Curtis and Greg Hudnall, Provo Recreation Center Bond
October 14: Hal Black, BYU Zoology Prof, Bear Bone Facts…bear/human osteo connection
October 21: Secret Lives of Rotary Guys – Exposed!
October 28: Dream Team of Estate and Tax Planning – bring it on!
Report of the Provo Rotary Club meeting held September 9, 2010
The Rotary luncheon was held at the Provo Downtown Marriott Hotel. Past-president Steve Sabins conducted the meeting. Jill Moon lead and Ron Roberts accompanied the singing of the Anthem and Pledge. Tom Powell offered and invocation.
Guests:
•Robert Redd introduced his brother, Hardy Redd
Steve Sabins noted the passing this week of two well-known former Provo Rotarians, Reed Johnson and Rex Lewis, both of whom were in their late 80s.
Mike Jacobsen spoke about next week’s annual club golf party at Wasatch Mountain State Park with tee-times beginning at noon followed by the traditional steak and salmon barbecue and awards program.
Andy Anderson served as sergeant.
Robert Redd introduced Jim Jackson, former director of the Los Alamos National Labs and now professor at BYU who spoke about the thirty state-of-the-art nuclear power plants that are being planned for construction around the US. Nuclear power creates no air pollution and very little waste.
There are currently 103 operating plants in the US, mostly in the eastern part of the country. Scientists have learned much from the various designs and efficiencies of the existing plants and have now created a single standardized design which takes the best features of all the plants and has been approved by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to be used for all of the proposed new plants.
Nuclear plants are very expensive to build – around $7 billion each – mostly because of safety features built in. They should be able to operate for sixty years or more. One plant could provide power for the entire Wasatch Front.
Uranium enrichment for US nuclear fuel is now done in New Mexico, Ohio, and in a new facility planned for construction near Idaho Falls.
