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"Ian Mair" <rimair@melbpc.org.au> wrote in message
news:8f1vof$fas$1@possum.melbpc.org.au...
> 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.
>
A town in northern Ontario had an abandoned open pit mine and asked to be a
depository of waste from the cities to the south.  Activist groups in the
south shot it down, claiming that each city should deal with the problem
locally rather than export it.  Go figure.