Re: Nuclear power far from clean

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From: Lloyd R. Parker
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 00:00

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meron@cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
: In article <60694m$9om@flatland.dimensional.com>, hyperion@dimensional.com (Hyperion Systems) writes:
: >In article <342334f7.256705893@news.enteract.com>,
: >John B. Hines <jhines@enteract.com> wrote:
: >>Radioactivity is part of nature.  Go back to school, learn about it, and
: >>get on with your life.
: >
: >If nuclear waste is so clean, how come we have to bury it in places that
: >are totally goelogically stable, in containers that can't leak or corrode
: >for 10,000 years?
: >
: If electricity is so safe, how come we put insulation on the wires?
: 
: Mati Meron                      | "When you argue with a fool,
: meron@cars.uchicago.edu         |  chances are he is doing just the same"

I think you've just lost the argument.  Electricity is dangerous; that's 
why we contain it.  Radiation and radioactive materials are also 
dangerous, despite your claims to the contrary.

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From: lparker@larry.cc.emory.edu (Lloyd R. Parker)
Subject: Re: Nuclear power far from clean
Date: 1997/09/23
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