Re: Germany Urges Non-Nuclear Alternative to Chernobyl onClosure

["Zack Clayton" <zack.clayton@epa.state.oh.us>]

Actually it may be worse than Tom Savin suspects.  If you take the following 
at face value:

>
>Trittin said biomass combustion plants, which produce energy by 
>burning plant matter such as tree trimmings, grass and peat moss, 
>would be both economically viable and help ``decontaminate the still 
>radioactive woods around Chernobyl.'' 
>

It sounds as if Trittin is advocating using the contaminated material around 
the Chernobyl plant for the biomass to burn thereby  help "decontaminat(ing) 
the still radioactive woods around Chernobyl."  

Anybody want to hazard a guess as to his beliefs on the benifits of burning 
natural wood instead of polluting with deadly-dangerous-cancer-causing 
radionuclides?  Lets not even go to the  smog, soot, and asthma inducing 
properties of wood smoke.

Zack Clayton
Ohio EPA - DERR
email:  zack.clayton@epa.state.oh.us
voice:  614-644-3066
fax:        614-460-8249

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