Posted on 12/22/2006 10:38:31 PM PST by NormsRevenge
I don't have the time to make dealing with the Nuclear "waste" issue my life's work.
I note that Nevada was chosen only due to it's lack of congressional representation and electoral college votes at the time the decision was made, hardly a scientific basis.
The legislation was very properly called the "Screw Nevada" bill, in any genuine effort at determining the "Best" location MORE THAN ONE SITE would be studied!
The most interesting experimental alternative that I am aware of involves irradiating the "Waste", which accomplishes three things.
1. It reduces the half-life dramatically.
2. It produces heat, which can be used to generate power.
3. It can be implemented at existing power plants, making transport of the "hot" waste unnecessary.
Sorry I forgot what type of irradiation was used, it's been a while since I read up on the subject.
Of course this is just one more "Lab Experiment" that shows promise, so gets no significant funding from the NRC or our Gov. Org.
To my knowledge it has not been disproved, our Governor-Elect was very interested in it, maybe as Governor he can get some positive action taken?
I also recall there is a proven reprocessing technology that we are prevented from employing by some damn Jimmah Carter era treaty.
Technology that several other countries use, France and England for example, possibly Japan as well.
I am tired of 49 states, GE, the NRC, and a disappointing number of Freepers piling on to shove it down Nevada's throat without any consideration of just how Nevada was chosen, the constitutional issues involved, or any open-mindednes on alternatives.
Correcto. And they have already blown off a cupla hunnert ZOTs in the zone. Area 51 isn't far, either.
PS - It's federal land. Nevada gets no rent, but lotsa jobs from this about $10 billion project. Yep, working all over Yucca mountain without even tinfoil hats for protection.
yitbos
If we tell Teddy it's better than Viagra can we store it at his house?
The entire idea of simply throwing it down a high-tech hole to be forgotten disgust me. No matter where the hole is located.
This particular location, near several fault zones, not that distant from a major population center, with geologically recent water flow, chosen much more for political reasons than scientific, etc. is an insult to every U.S. citizen of any integrity.
The money wasted on Yucca should have been spent researching better solutions, the Irradiation technique I posted on another reply is particularly interesting as it not only disposes of the "waste" but also produces power, at the current sites.
Do you propose an alternative that I can respond to or are you just whining because you lose?
I wouldn't want it near me either. It has to go somewhere though.
You do know that Yucca is being built under the guise of continued "Study"?
Token "studies" in other states were only window dressing.
No other site was ever seriously considered, for political considerations.
Nevada only had ONE congressman at the time, and less than a million residents.
Too few to make a difference to Washington, so it was "Screw Nevada" time.
Population shift has begun to give Nevada some clout, the irregularities in the NRC reports and their shifting standards* have cast the entire project into disrepute, Dingy Harry knows he has to make a show of fighting Yucca for his political future.
There is actually a very good chance Yucca will never happen.
* They keep changing the requirements for certification to fit what is found on site, instead of a set of fixed rules for certification, which the site cannot meet.
Tell that to the "Down-Winder's", if you can find any still alive.
You may have to talk to their grandchildren.
I don't understand your vehement objection to this. I need more info to do that. I'm not attacking your beliefs I simply don't understand your hatred for this project.
When a nuke waste repository was first proposed for Nevada, there were towns begging for it to be built near them.
yitbos
It needs to "go" into a much more responsible process than simply throwing it down a hole for the next several centuries.
Other countries get to reprocess it and reuse it, but we don't due to a treaty that probably needs to be voided.
The companies and Gov. Org. that own the "waste" refuse to allow Nevada to claim title to it as a condition of allowing the Yucca site to be built.
If it's "Waste" and they dump it in our state why shouldn't we get title to it?
They want to exploit Nevada for their profit, but do not want Nevada to be able to exploit the "waste" for Nevada's possible future profit!
Please peruse my prior replies, Yucca disgust me on several grounds.
Morally, it's contemptible, on many levels, for many reasons.
Scientifically, it's garbage.
The NRC keeps changing the standards to fit the site, as the site fails the original standards.
The proposed site is way too small to handle the waste already produced, so if it were approved tomorrow they would have to build another some where, or expand the current site several fold!
Another solution needs to be found, and I have no doubt that another solution would be found if the NRC were not so Pig headed, insisting that Yucca is the only possible answer.
Yes, sure, and Cocaine was a major component of Coca-Cola at one time too.
Ignorance and greed do not necessarily make for good policy decisions.
Can you name one realistic alternative?
"The alternative is what?"
Why not drill a big hole in Dulce NM and fill up some of those darned alien subterranean bases filled with man eating lizards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
.....just a thought.
Huh?
What is being disposed of, er ah, "stored" as "waste" is not weapons grade fissionable material.
It could probably be used to make "Dirty Bombs", but not to make Nukes.
A lot of industrial radio-active's which are only loosely controlled could probably be used to make some sort of "Dirty Bomb" too.
Your local hospital is not a sovereign nation despite possessing much more pure material than what is intended for the Yucca site.
Or is it a matter of volume?
Yes, they have been asking for it haven't they...
Where do you propose the material should be stored?
Read post #2 on this thread.
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