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Posted by John Tauxe on May 24, 1999 at 14:11:27:In Reply to: Nuclear Waste Management posted by Joan Seeman on May 23, 1999 at 10:04:02:
Joan -
You wrote:
>At the moment we are discussing Nuclear Waste
>Management........
>I find it disheartening that over 50 years the
>Nuclear Industry has NOT found a solution
>for rad waste managment.No kidding. They really ought to quit producing this stuff. Same for DOE (not the same thing as the Nuclear Industry, a term which I would use for the commericial nuclear power industry.)
>They still don't have
>trusted policy's. Aren't they always
>experimenting? When the general public learns
>that every site in the
>country has been left contaminated by the DOE or
>NRC.........YOU BET I'M CONCERNED
>ABOUT THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE BY THE
>NUCLEAR INDUSTRYSure, they have made some terrible decisions. Far be it from me to defend their actions. But this does not mean that anything they come up with (e.g. WIPP) is therefore bankrupt. Maybe they made a good decision for once?
>The folks that have an impossible job? Why is
>that? If there was sound technology........Yes..... what are you getting at?
>but remember...........The DOE NRC make
>decisions based on THE COST EFFECTIVE
>APPROACH........Well, isn't that part of being responsible with the taxpayer's money? How many billions would you like to spend?
>IN FACT, THAT'S WHAT WIPP IS ALL
>ABOUT.............
>TO BURY WASTE.........IS NOT SOUND
>TECHNOLOGY.......I don't follow you here. What IS a sound technology?
>IT DOESN'T TAKE A ROCKET
>SCIENTIST TO FIGURE THIS ONE >OUT........BUT.........SCIENTIFIC DECISIONS ARE
>RATHER INTERESTING.........WOULDN'T YOU
>SAY....????Again, you are not communicating, here. What are you trying to say?
>This is the research that I am interested
>in..........What is the research you are interested in? How bad decisions get made? How about making some real contributions and helping come up with some workable solutions instead of just throwing stones?
>Above all John, don't use the "emotional" line >with me.........
But look at how you write. The above paragraphs are barely comprehensible, with all the SHOUTING and ......innuendo......
>I am interested in facts.
Great. Now we are getting somewhere.
>How about an exchange regarding the following:
>1. Karsts in the region?See my posts elsewhere in the forum.
>2. Gas generation in the drums?
Ah, a nasty little problem, it might be.
How can it be solved? Any ideas? Or is this just another reason not to use WIPP, and wait for some future alternative? How long do we wait? Should we just let the next generation figure it out, like the last one did for us? Let's just keep our heads in the sand?