Re: Nuclear power far from clean

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From: David Bromage
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 00:00

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John B. Hines (jhines@enteract.com) wrote:
>>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.
>
>As opposed to digging it out of the ground?  The point is, if we don't
>know what to do with it,  put it somewhere where we can keep an eye on
>it, until we do.
>
>Radioactivity is part of nature.  Go back to school, learn about it, and
>get on with your life.

And more natural than people think. Ever wonder what causes magma to stay
hot inside the earth? Radioactive decay.

Cheers
David

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From: dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)
Subject: Re: Nuclear power far from clean
Date: 1997/09/20
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