[ RadSafe ] Editorial: (Nuclear) Waste Matters

[John Jacobus]

Interests are not license applications.

--- "McMahan, Kimberly L." <mcmahankl at ornl.gov> wrote:

> I searched the WSJ archive for "nuclear reactor."
> One article from the
> past couple of weeks was in the ballpark of this
> discussion (see below);
> the most applicable quote is: "[President Bush] said
> 16 companies have
> expressed an interest in building as many as 25 new
> nuclear facilities."
> 
> Bush Outlines U.S. Initiative 
> To Build Nuclear Power Plants
> 
> By HENRY J. PULIZZI
> May 25, 2006; Page B3
> 
> The U.S. should "aggressively" build new nuclear
> power plants, President
> Bush said, calling atomic energy a safe, abundant
> and affordable way to
> diversify the country's energy resources.
> 
> In remarks at the Limerick Generating Station in
> Pottstown, Pa., Mr.
> Bush outlined his call for research into alternative
> fuel sources and
> urged Congress to fully fund the White House's $250
> million request for
> a Global Nuclear Energy Partnership to recycle
> nuclear waste.
> 
> "For the sake of economic security and national
> security, the United
> States of America must aggressively move forward
> with the construction
> of nuclear power plants," Mr. Bush said.
> 
> He said the government has a strategy of loan
> guarantees, production tax
> credits, and federal risk insurance to encourage
> development. He said 16
> companies have expressed an interest in building as
> many as 25 new
> nuclear facilities.
> 
> While the U.S. hasn't built a nuclear plant since
> the 1970s, Mr. Bush
> noted that other nations are further along. France
> generates more than
> three-quarters of its electricity from nuclear
> power, and China has
> plans to construct 40 plants over the next decade.
> 
> The U.S. has 100 nuclear plants in 31 states. Those
> facilities generate
> a fifth of the nation's electricity.
> 
> Addressing the issue of reprocessing nuclear waste,
> Mr. Bush said the
> Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, or GNEP, is "a
> smart way to combine
> with others to reduce storage requirements for
> nuclear waste." The House
> Appropriations Committee last week approved a $126
> million reduction in
> the administration's request for the program,
> however. Mr. Bush said
> yesterday that he hopes Congress follows through
> with the full amount,
> calling it a "necessary expenditure."
> 
> "You've got to be wise about nuclear waste," he
> said. "I'm a believer
> that Yucca Mountain is a scientifically sound place
> to send the waste,
> and I would hope the United States Congress would
> recognize that as
> well," Mr. Bush said about a long-planned
> nuclear-waste repository.
> 
> Mr. Bush's endorsement of nuclear power met
> immediate resistance from
> environmental groups.
> 
> "The same reactors and fuel-processing facilities
> used for energy
> production can be used to manufacture weapons. Only
> a few kilograms of
> this material could destroy an area the size of
> lower Manhattan," Thomas
> Cochran, director of Natural Resources Defense
> Council's nuclear
> program, said in a statement. "At the same time, we
> still don't have a
> safe way to dispose of high-level waste, which
> remains dangerously
> radioactive for thousands of years." 
> 
> 
> Kim McMAHAN    ORNL External Dosimetry   
> 865.576.1566
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
> Behalf Of howard long
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 2:41 PM
> To: Rogers Brent; John Jacobus; RADSAFE
> Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] Editorial: (Nuclear) Waste
> Matters
> 
> Brent,
>   Twelve, expanded from just 2 applicants for
> NPReactors, was stated in
> either a WSJ article or Fox News just a couple of
> weeks ago. I don't
> remember the specific reference. Hopefully, someone
> here will have a
> better source, perhaps from the DOE, which should
> have it.
>    Howard
> 
> Rogers Brent <Brent.Rogers at environment.nsw.gov.au>
> wrote:
>   Howard,
> 
> I must've missed the story that told of these 12
> applicants. Could you
> provide a source, please?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Brent Rogers
> Manager Radiation Operations Unit
> NSW Environment Protection Authority
> Department of Environment and Conservation
> *+61 2 9995 5986
> *+61 2 9995 6603
> * PO Box A290 Sydney South 1232
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: howard long [mailto:hflong at pacbell.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, 6 June 2006 10:28 AM
> To: John Jacobus; RADSAFE
> Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] Editorial: (Nuclear) Waste
> Matters
> 
> 
> I do. There is a rebirth of freedom, as in the now
> 12 applicants for
> nuclear
> power reactors. Vote tomorrow for the party that has
> brought it.
> 
> Howard Long
> 
> John Jacobus wrote:
> Dr. Long, 
> I suggest that you contact your government
> representatives if you think that reprocessing
> should
> be considered. This is an old issue that has been
> discussed many times on this e-mail list and others.
> 
> --- howard long wrote:
> 
> > Yes, Jaro. This explains why only the most
> > government-controlled option is discussed by the
> > "government appointed Committee -". On-site
> storage
> > and reprocessing managed more by the utilities
> than
> > DOE, since it would not involving interstate
> > commerce, could eliminate thousands of federal
> jobs
> > averaging $103 K/y vs $57 K/y for private equal
> > work.
> > 
> > Cynically, Howard Long
> > 
> > Jaro wrote:
> > Howard,
> > 
> > Does the following answer your question ?
> > 
> > Jaro
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 
> > 
> > NUCLEAR NEWS FLASHES - Tuesday, May 16, 2006
> > US NEWS:
> > --MOVEMENT OF SPENT FUEL IN THE US COULD BE
> FURTHER
> > DELAYED, according to
> > Senator Pete Domenici, the New Mexico Republican
> who
> > chairs the Energy and
> > Natural Resources Committee. Domenici indicated
> > during a status hearing on
> > DOE's
> 
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GEN. MICHAEL V. HAYDEN, President Bush's nominee for C.I.A. director.

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
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