Re: So, is reprocessing in America's future?

[maury <maury@WEBTEXAS.COM>]

Amen - well put. There is no real issue here, but the various interested

parties will keep it "alive" anyway. It is kind of amusing to note the

wide

range of imagination and creativity shown in the process. And it is

always

remarkable how ignorant these destitute terrorists are.

Cheers,  Maury Siskel   maury@webtexas.com

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PBarring@KDHE.STATE.KS.US wrote:



> This is just my two cents, since everyone else is piping in.  What needs to

> be said is that if somebody REALLY wants fissionable material, for a device

> or just to scatter isotopes all over the place, they WILL get it.  You're

> not dealing with cretins.  You are dealing with educated leaders,

> knowledgeable support personnel and LOTS of money.  Reprocessing is not the

> problem, or at least not the problem the press makes it out to be.  There

> is already plenty of material out there available for use, and for a lot

> less trouble and expense than stealing it from a reprocessing facility or

> fuel shipment.  Heck, if I were a terrorist I could make plenty of people

> miserable and scared by touching-off a plain old chemical bomb with medical

> isotopes and source material strapped to it.  People don't care how the

> radiation is spread around or even what the isotopes are, all they know is

> that radiation is evil stuff and that we all lie.  Again, we need to

> educate people.  Maybe we should start with the press corps.

>

> "Just my humble opinions.  Nothing I say is endorsed by my employer.  I

> also DO NOT endorse terrorism."

>

> Phil

>

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