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 <34230c54.246303115@news.enteract.com>,
John B. Hines <jhines@enteract.com> wrote:
>Burying in rock works quite well.
>Canada's approach of enclosing it in concrete, above ground, where it
>can be seen, inspected and guarded, works good.

You're kidding, right?  We'll just stick it in a big hole, and it'll just
go away, right?  And those concrete slabs would make a rather shortsighted
solution, don't you think?  It might work now, but what about all the
waste to come, for the next couple of hundred generations?  What a nice
present to give them.

>The amount of waste from commercial power plants is minuscule compared
>to the waste from arms production.  And from the news reports from
>washington state, they don't even follow the same procedures that
>commercial reactors do.

How much radioactive toxic waste is OK?

- 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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