Re: Nuclear power far from clean

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From: Hyperion Systems
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 00:00

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In article <3422BA3D.58F7@no.com>, Ambrose Small  <no@no.com> wrote:
>Hyperion Systems wrote:
>It can be done.  It just takes commitment and cooperation between the
>public, the politicians, and the scientific community.
>It amazes me that we have had fission power plants for over forty
>years now, and people still have this kind of fear of nuclear power.

OK, like I asked the other person, just name one safe disposal method.  It
amazes me that in forty years or fission power, the waste is still just
piled up somewhere "out of the way."  Forty years of human thought, more
time than I have been alive, and no one has figured out how to dispose of
the waste.

>Kind of reminds me how people used to electrocute dogs back in the
>late 19th century to show how deadly a.c. electricity was.  They
>were trying to show how foolish and deadly the idea of running it 
>into your home would be.

A bad comparison at best.  Electricity is safe the moment the current is
cut off (except for devices which retain eletricity for whatever reason). 
Nuclear waste is toxic and deadly for THOUSANDS of years.  Humans only
have a few thoudand years or recorded history! 

- John

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From: hyperion@dimensional.com (Hyperion Systems)
Subject: Re: Nuclear power far from clean
Date: 1997/09/19
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