🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 04 Jun 2000 19:58:51 GMT, none (Quarks like a duck) wrote:

>greige@bigpond.com (Greig Ebeling) wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 02 Jun 2000 17:01:27 GMT, none (Quarks like a duck) wrote:
>
>>>"Dewey & Lucy Thompson" <dlthompson@socket.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>You are very confused here, or at least your facts are very confused.  More
>>>>is known about radiation hazards, effects, and interaction with matter than
>>>>any other single hazard known to man.  
>>>
>>>
>>>Give me a  break you asshole! Please go on a live broadcast with me to
>>>debate the issues. That one statement right there will have the
>>>audience laughing at you.
>
>>Why would anyone want to debate with you, let alone listen to the
>>debate?  You don't know anything about your subject matter, and seem
>>intent only on abusing people.
>
>Those pesky state politicans are so emotional!
>
>http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/yucca/ymsum01.htm
>
>"Nuclear criticality (endnote 5)occurs when neutrons from
>"fissionable" radioactive materials (such as certain isotopes of
>uranium and plutonium) bombard each other with such repetition that
>they spark a runaway "chain reaction." Some scientists have suggested,
>based on theoretical calculations, that highly radioactive waste
>emplaced in a Yucca Mountain repository could, under certain
>circumstances, reach nuclear criticality and possibly explode. The
>criticality is reached when fissionable materials released from the
>waste containers are concentrated in high silica rock like the
>volcanic tuff at Yucca Mountain. The Agency and the NRC are concerned
>about the potential of repository nuclear criticality and its effects
>on public health and safety and the environment. Agency technical
>personnel do not believe that DOE has adequately assessed the
>potential for such an event, is not properly considering criticality
>control in its waste package design, and is not incorporating the
>issue into repository performance models that will be used for
>assessing repository risks."

You are doing your cause a disservice by persisting with this
criticality nonsense, and quoting the tabloid press is not adding any
credence to your story.