"Anti-nuke clamor"

["Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@prodigy.net>]

Ruth,
    I hate to disagree, but I'm afraid your job has been completely
dependent on "anti-nuke clamor". Were it not for the anti-nukes, this
country would likely have been reprocessing its spent nuclear fuel at places
like Barnwell, West Valley, and  Morris, IL for the last 30 years. We would
have been emplacing the resultant nuclear waste in salt mines at Lyons, KS.
The cost of electricity would be considerably lower, and we would have never
heard of Yucca Mountain,
     Were it not for the anti-nukes, the country might  even have become
totally rational,  and we would be disposing of nuclear waste in the ocean.


-----Original Message-----
From: ruth_weiner <ruth_weiner@email.msn.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Friday, August 04, 2000 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: loosing, Tooth Fairy Project


>Just to set your mind at rest, Jim, although I am currently working on the
>Yucca Mountain project, I never even thought that my job depended on
>anti-nuke clamor.  If the anti-nukes weren't there, we would still be
>investigating the environmental impact of the Yucca Mountain repository
>(because NEPA requires it, among other reasons), it would be the same job,
>but would be a lot more pleasant and, I expect, would involve more effort
on
>science and less on "communicating with the public."  I never meant to
imply
>that we shouldn't communicate, only that lack of communication or the
>inability to do so is such a commonly used excuse for being anti-nuke that
I
>am tired of it and question its sincerity.
>
>and on another topic: could we please stop re-fighting World War II?
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Muckerheide <jmuckerheide@delphi.com>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
>Date: Friday, August 04, 2000 11:42 AM
>Subject: Re: loosing, Tooth Fairy Project
>
>
>>Ruth,
>>
>>I agree with you about that part of the msg, but it is helpful the
>>presentation acknowledges that there is a large internal conflict between
>>those who promulgate the idea that all radiation is hazardous (ICRP and
>>Greenpeace, to support political agendas and massive gov't funds for no
>>possible health benefit), and those who have considered the scientific
data
>to
>>see that there is NO support for the LNT, even where it must be seen if it
>>were true (except some that explicitly manipulate or misrepresent data).
>>
>>
>
>
>
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