Re: Subduction zones and radwaste...

[AndrewsJP@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 6/1/2001 1:53:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 

JPreisig@AOL.COM writes:



> At some level, material going down into the subduction zone has some chance 

>  of coming back to the Earth's surface via the volcanoes. 



Oh, my God! Maybe I will get plutonium in my lava rocks for my barbecue...



Where in the world is common sense in this discussion of waste disposal?



Here are my preferences:



1. Store spent fuel dry to await reprocessing for the future needs of 

breeders when the supply of U-235 runs low.  You cannot build a breeder 

reactor system without adequate fuel to run all the reactors.  The world will 

need breeders eventually.  Proliferation of non-weapons grade Pu is not a 

real issue.



2. Dispose of high level fission products as glass in subduction zones of in 

the off-continental shelf river valleys where they are covered by siltation.



3. Dispose of low level radioactive waste by isolated near surface land 

burial on a state by state basis.



4. Dispose of mixed waste by ....     I guess I don't know how best to do 

this... It depends on the hazards and chemical properties and the 

radiological properties, so it must be done on a case by case basis.  It is, 

now, anyway.



My thoughts...



John Andrews

Knoxville, Tennessee

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