Re: Don't support S.1287 and H.R.45

[Al Tschaeche <antatnsu@pacbell.net>]

All, after the first sentence,  you say may be true. However, the
overarching reason we need Yucca Mountain operating is to counter the anti
nuclear statement that we have no place to put the "waste."  Spent fuel is
not waste.  The liquid from the first dissolution stage of a reprocessing
plant, although defined by the NRC as "high level waste" really isn't.  It
has been calculated that, if properly decontaminated and separated, the
Rhodium, Platinum and Palladium in such liquids would make the US
independent of the rest of the world for supplies of those metals.  There
are many other valuable elements in such liquids that should be recovered
economically.  So, "repository" would be a better word for Yucca Mountain.
We would be just storing the material there for later recovery.  I trust
that is what NRC and DOE have in mind.  If not, then we do need legislation
to ensure we can recover the materials later.  We do need another word for
what we will put into Yucca Mountain besides spent fuel or waste.  Perhaps
Radioactive Material for Later Use (RMLU pronounced 'ramloo') would be
appropriate.

I just downloaded the two bills and will read them.  Al Tschaeche
antatnsu@pacbell.net

Joseph Archer wrote:

> Supporting Yucca mountain isn't Pro-nuclear, it's anti-nuclear.
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