🚀 go-pugleaf

That is old thinking here in the US. Volunteer communities get
educated too quickly on the industry's inabilty to solve the waste
problem. I watched many low-level waste communities volunteer and then
reject the idea soon after.



"Ian Mair" <rimair@melbpc.org.au> wrote:

>The following paper has been added to the web site of the Australian Academy
>of Technological Sciences and Engineering. It may be viewed by following the
>links from http://www.atse.org.au/

>"Some Aspects of the Relationship Between Society and the Disposal of
>Radioactive Waste", Mr Ian Duncan FTSE

>Society accepts that its demands for materials, energy and transport all
>create wastes, and yet no community will willingly absorb its share of
>waste, let alone accept a regional or national share. Community rejection of
>such a burden is exemplified by the NIMBY (�not in my back-yard�)
>phenomenon. Recent examination of NIMBY suggests that it could be the child
>of �top down� siting decisions usually based upon a �decide, announce and
>defend (DAD)� policy. There are indications now that a counter culture of
>�volunteer communities� could mitigate or even overcome this rejection
>process.