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Re: Worrying about the long term (was Global Warming (NUCLEAR))

It hardly seems logical to agonize over possible nuclear material spills
considering the vast quantities of chemicals that are transported over our
highways by basically unregulated drivers & rigs (in reality). Nuclear transports
are in specially designed containers driven by trained drivers over selected
routes. There's enough stuff rolling along I40 through Arkansas to make a
nuclear spill look minor.
James Mackey


"David T. Marx" wrote:

I think John made a good point, but I don't think people are thinking
of the long term storage. People are concerned with transiting
active waste from storage places around the country to a
centralized facility, such as Yucca mountain. How do we deal with
a rail or truck accident that spreads active waste in a community?
Another issue has to do with leakage at present storage facilities
into ground water, etc.

On 30 Mar 2001, at 15:07, RAUBER, JOEL wrote:

John,

I join you in your astonishment.

I had the occasion to listen to Al Bartlett talk about this. As you no
doubt know, he usually disguises the main thesis by putting it in terms of
understanding the exponential function. But a talk well worth hearing when
given the chance.

Joel Rauber

-----Original Message-----
From: John Mallinckrodt [mailto:ajmallinckro@CSUPOMONA.EDU]
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 3:00 PM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Worrying about the long term (was Global Warming (NUCLEAR))


On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

... Turning spent nuclear fuel into products decaying in
hundreds of years (instead of tens of thousands of years)
would remove the need for the long-term underground
depositories, like Yucca Mountain, Nevada. ...

It never ceases to astonish me that "the public" is willing to
worry seriously about how we would safely store nuclear waste for
tens of thousands of years, when they show virtually no concern
about the myriad, *far* shorter term, and likely devastating
effects of our current and ever increasing overpopulation.

John Mallinckrodt mailto:ajm@csupomona.edu
Cal Poly Pomona http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm