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“$3,000,000 to General Atomics for Sierra Army Depot Cryofracture/Plasma Arc Transportable System”

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Recipient Web Site:  Recipient Address:  (Flag)
3550 General Atomics Court
San Diego, CA
92121
Recipient address as provided by Sponsor(s): (courtesy of Taxpayers for Common Sense)
3550 General Atomics Court San Diego, CA
Short Description of Recipient Organization: 
General Atomics was conceived in 1955 at San Diego, California for the purpose of harnessing the power of nuclear technologies for the benefit of mankind. General Atomics’ basic research into fission and fusion has matured into competence in many technologies, making GA and its affiliated companies one of the world’s leading resources for high-technology systems development ranging from the nuclear fuel cycle to remotely operated surveillance aircraft, airborne sensors, and advanced electric, electronic, wireless and laser technologies.
Are Top Personnel Listed on the Site? 
No
Is the Project Mentioned on the Site? 
N/A
Does the Recipient have Federal Contracts? 
Yes
Link to the Recipient's Federal Contracts (Fedspending.org):  Does the Recipient have Federal Grants? 
No
Have employees of the recipient collectively contributed more than $20,000 to candidates for federal office during the current and last election cycle?: 
Yes
Does a sponsoring member take credit? 
N/A
Did the recipient hire federal lobbyists? 
Yes
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Comments, notes, additional research...

Anna wrote:

General Atomics-related donors donated $10,000 to Doolittle in 2006, according to Open Secrets - http://opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00007556&cycle=2006

Misc background -
Sierra Army Depot (in JD's district, I'm pretty sure) explodes old munitions ("Each year, the base burns and blasts between 5 and 10 million pounds of obsolete bombs and rocket motors - a volume no other military installation can match. ... [A]lternative technologies, called R3 - resource recovery and recycling - ... under consideration for the depot [include] cryofracture, where bombs are dipped in liquid nitrogen and then cracked into pieces...."We’re planning on installing some R3 technology at Sierra very soon"" - 2001, http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=10654
)

"the Army will permanently cease using ["open burning" and "open detonation" (OB/OD)] at Sierra Army Depot except in rare emergency or national security situations" - 2002,
http://www.nelconline.org/nelc.asp?id2=6965

posted October 9, 2007 at 11:17 p.m.



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