[ RadSafe ] Is there gonna be EPA in YEAR 12005 AC

[Bernard Cohen]

Even if there is a Nevada in 12005, the chances that the people living 
there will be descendents of present Nevadans is no greater than the 
chances of their being descendents of present Pennsylvanians, or present 
New Yorkers, etc.

Emil wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>I am just wondering how many folks, seriously, believe that there
>gonna be EPA or NRC or DOE or even State of Nevada...... in year
>12005.
>Look back in the history and you will see the future.. No one State
>or Country was able to exist longer then...what couple or three
>thousands of years.
>China comes to mind, first.
>As matter of gambling, since Yacca Mountain is near Las Vegas, what
>odds of that? ZERO
>I would NOT bet on that!
>
>I know, I may be missing the point but, hey, in year 12005, there
>wont be Califonia and Pacific Beach will be somewhere close the Vegas
>anyway. I would put my bet on that.
>
>
>Happy weekend every one:-)
>
>Emil.
>
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>>-- Loux said the EPA defended a separate groundwater radiation 
>>standard for the Yucca Mountain Project in court last year when
>>sued 
>>by the nuclear industry. However, he said the EPA abandoned any 
>>groundwater protection standard for Yucca after 10,000 years, the 
>>very time when the repository is expected to leak. It did this,
>>Loux 
>>added, even though a court ruled last summer that cutting standards
>>
>>off at 10,000 years was arbitrary and impermissible.
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