RE: A real solution

["Harmon, Terry O'Devah (ONF) " <onf@bechteljacobs.org>]

The Clinch River Breeder Reactor was supposed to reprocess it and turn it
into burnable fuel.  The waste portion would have been greatly reduced.
Unfortunately,  it would also produce a lot of bomb grade material, so
President Carter scrapped the project.

Terry Harmon
Sr. Health Physics Tech
Kelly Scientific Resources
Phone: (865) 241-0289
Pager: (865) 417-1592
Email: onf@ <mailto:harmonto@ornl.gov> bechteljacobs.org


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Norman & Karen Cohen [SMTP:norco@bellatlantic.net]
	Sent:	Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:06 AM
	To:	Multiple recipients of list
	Subject:	Re: A real solution

	Lew,
	OK, I'll bite, excuse my ignorance - what was the plan?
	norm

	OFFTOWY@aol.com wrote:

	> In a message dated 8/14/2000 11:16:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
	> norco@bellatlantic.net writes:
	>
	> << This is a good question and one I've thought about alot.Looking
backwards,
	> we
	>  had no business as a country allowing this much nuclear waste to
be produced
	>  without a plan to get rid of it.  >>
	>
	> Actually, we did have a plan to get rid of it.  That was thrown
out as a
	> result of political, rather than technical, considerations.  There
are
	> various other plans, but none of them will ever be politically
acceptable
	> either, because the agenda is directed toward ending the business,
not
	> solving problems.
	>
	> Lew LaGarde
	> offtowy@aol.com
	>
************************************************************************
	> The RADSAFE Frequently Asked Questions list, archives and
subscription
	> information can be accessed at
http://www.ehs.uiuc.edu/~rad/radsafe.html

	--
	Coalition for Peace and Justice and the UNPLUG Salem Campaign; 321
Barr Ave.,
	Linwood, NJ 08221; 609-601-8537 or 609-601-8583 (8583: fax, answer
machine);
	norco@bellatlantic.net;  UNPLUG SALEM WEBSITE:
http://www.unplugsalem.org/
	COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE WEBSITE:
	http://members.bellatlantic.net/~norco/  ICQ# 54268619; The
Coalition for Peace
	and Justice is a chapter of Peace Action.
	"We have two lives, the one we're given, and the other one we make"
(Mary Chapin
	Carpenter)
	"Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights...Get up, stand up,
don't give up the
	fight!" (Bob Marley)




	
************************************************************************
	The RADSAFE Frequently Asked Questions list, archives and
subscription
	information can be accessed at
http://www.ehs.uiuc.edu/~rad/radsafe.html
************************************************************************
The RADSAFE Frequently Asked Questions list, archives and subscription
information can be accessed at http://www.ehs.uiuc.edu/~rad/radsafe.html