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: 2003-11-17 10:45:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net.POSTED!a6202946!not-for-mail From: Jeffrey Carter Organization: jrcarter commercial-at acm [period | full stop] org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 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: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:45:40 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.105.153 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net 1069094740 63.184.105.153 (Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:45:40 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:45:40 PST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2583 Date: 2003-11-17T18:45:40+00:00 List-Id: Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote: > 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. In the 1850s, distilling petroleum to make kerosene for lamps produced a volatile, highly flammable, undesirable waste product that was burned immediately because it was good for nothing. Today we call that waste product gasoline (or petrol) and use it to power our vehicles. What makes you think that nuclear waste is any different? We have no use for it today, but it may be very valuable in 100 years. -- Jeff Carter "If you think you got a nasty taunting this time, you ain't heard nothing yet!" Monty Python and the Holy Grail 23