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There is so much land that is totally uninhabitable in Australia. Why cannot
we allocate these sections to house these nuclear waste for sizeble cost. We
sell these spaces and ensure that stringent standards are imposed for
dumping such waste here. There are lots of revenue from overseas to be
earned here.
<none (Quarks like a duck)> wrote in message
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> 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.
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> "Ian Mair" <rimair@melbpc.org.au> wrote:
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> >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/
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> >"Some Aspects of the Relationship Between Society and the Disposal of
> >Radioactive Waste", Mr Ian Duncan FTSE
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> >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.
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