Re: Nuclear waste needs a home . . . someplace

["Tom Savin" <lexicon@hotbot.com>]

Hello radsafers:

Ok, maybe I'm not understanding, but the radioactive ores where taken form the ground - obviously why don't we put the spent fuel back - if its because its more concentrated dispers it thoughout the original mine, quarry.  Also insitu leaching could be reversed.  This seems like common sense to me.  The original mined areas by definition were already "Contaminated" what am I missing - the technology exists  - doesn't it?
If anyone knows of a good recent reference, please let me know.

                        Thanks
--                            Tom Savin

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:38:16   Ted Rockwell wrote:
>> The notion of mined geologic disposal of spent nuclear fuel was not just
>some scam dreamed up by DOE to dump on the State of Nevada.  It was a plan
>arrived at after considerable thought and analysis
>
>True, but the thought and analysis were all based on a seriously wrong
>premise.  If we revised the assumptions to match the known facts about
>radiation, the problem would be seen to be quite straightforward.  We assume
>that keeping something from being eaten for thousands of years in an
>unprecedented problem.  And then we dispose of elemental toxicants such as
>lead, selenium, mercury, etc. that retain their toxicity undiminished
>forever, and don't consider it an unsurmountable challenge.
>
>Similarly for the transportation.  Of course it's not a hazard.  But the
>people supposedly on our side, DOE, keep telling people it's an
>unprecedented hazard, requiring extraordinary precautions--and that in spite
>of those precautions, they are going to kill 23 people from the radiation
>leaking through the shielding!  You can't win such a game.
>
>If I believed the things we are telling people about LDR, I'd be on the
>picket lines too.
>
>Ted Rockwell
>
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