Re: Disposal of Radioactive Waste

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From: none Quarks like a duck
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 00:00

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greige@bigpond.com (Greig Ebeling) wrote:

>The Las Vegas Sun, is not a scientific reference.  The article
>contains no verifiable information, it is nonsense.

>On Sun, 04 Jun 2000 19:42:11 GMT, none (Quarks like a duck) wrote:

>>greige@bigpond.com (Greig Ebeling) wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 01 Jun 2000 16:40:39 GMT, none (Quarks like a duck) wrote:
>>
>>>>You're way behing on this discussion. The thermal load alone of the
>>>>current nuclear waste in the US would overwhelm Yucca Mnt by 4 times.
>>
>>>Hardly surprising, most of it needs to remain in storage for another
>>>few decades to cool down.  Think about it.  Aren't you misrepresenting
>>>the situation by including ALL current nuclear waste?
>>
>>>>The fissures and leaks that are caused by the heat are an enourmous
>>>>difficulty.  There is a chance of nuclear explosion. 
>>
>>
>>June 10, 1999 
>>
>>Yucca payload grows 
>>LAS VEGAS SUN
>>
>>"The mountain is too small for the wastes," Jerry Szymanski, a former
>>DOE geologist who now consults for Nevada's Yucca Mountain oversight
>>office, said after the meeting. The proposed repository would become
>>extremely hot with more radioactive wastes, he said.
>>
>>As radioactive wastes sit inside the mountain for thousands of years,
>>the heat could change the rock and water running through its cracks,
>>causing nuclear containers to break open and release radiation, he
>>said.
>>
>>
>>

You are not a scientific reference either.

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Subject: Re: Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Date: 2000/06/06
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