Re: Disposal of Radioactive Waste

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From: none Quarks like a duck
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 00:00

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Fred McGalliard <frederick.b.mcgalliard@boeing.com> wrote:



>Tim O'Flaherty wrote:
>>...
>> >The US already has more than 4 times the amount of waste that Yucca
>> >Mountain can store due to thermal limits.
>> >
>> 
>> Not to neglect the rest of your questions, the issue is why are we
>> contemplating making more when we haven't answered these questions.

>Tim. It seems that the question is not can we safely store this junk,

Some people have no knowledge but big opinions.


>but when we will decide to allow any one of the proposed schemes to be
>implemented. "we" have rammed a bung up the hole of this particular
>horse, removed it's balls, and refused to feed or water it, hoping
>apparently that it will eventually die. I wonder frankly if we have more
>to fear from our grandchildren laughing at us for being so afraid of
>nuclear power that we actually made it worse by failing to safely store
>the waste when we could easily have done so, or if they will curse us
>for the dark and miserable conditions that we leave them in by killing
>this useful power source off.

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From: none (Quarks like a duck)
Subject: Re: Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Date: 2000/05/16
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