From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,60e2922351e0e780 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-18 10:27:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!pd7cy1no!shaw.ca!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!nf3.bellglobal.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Nuclear Waste (Was Re-Marketing Ada) References: <3FB0B57D.6070906@noplace.com> <3FB22125.1040807@noplace.com> <3FB3751D.5090809@noplace.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:12:33 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.96.223.163 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1069179116 198.96.223.163 (Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:11:56 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:11:56 EST Organization: Bell Sympatico Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2639 Date: 2003-11-18T13:12:33-05:00 List-Id: Russ wrote: > "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" wrote in message news:... >>There are pools all over the place just gathering more nuclear >>waste. They keep gathering it, leaving it to the next generation >>to figure out what to do with it. I think this is criminal. What >>active research has there been to deal with the problem? How much >>do they spend each year in working on this problem? Where are the >>results? >> >>Don't be fooled. The next generations will be the ones stuck with >>the problem and the economic costs of dealing with it. >> > I think you've been fooled, but you are far from alone on this one. > The quantities of waste generated by nuclear power are so miniscule > that nuclear power plants can store -- literally, right on site -- the > waste they generate for *decades*. Yes, those "little pools" have been > accumulating, but that means that's because the so-called > "environmentalists" have been blocking long-term storage by all the > underhanded legal and political means at their disposal. Spreading > ignorance is their primary weapon. > > If you read my little article, you would have learned the following > fact. If the US went completely nuclear for the next 10,000 years, the > amount of land needed for waste disposal would be roughly the same as > what is currently needed for two weeks worth of coal ash. That's > accounting for the extra space needed for the massive containers and > the spacing between them. And please note that the ash is far from the > worst part of coal waste. The gaseous emissions kill an estimated > 10,000 to 50,000 Americans each year, but the media never reports > those deaths. > > Studies have found that properly stored nuclear waste might kill one > person every century or so (I can't remember the exact figure off > hand, but it's several orders of magnitude less than the corresponding > figure for coal). OK, so we now have a solution! We'll bury all the nuclear waste in your backyard! Sounds fine to me. Bring on the nukes. -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg