Re: "Nuclear Waste Really Does Have A Home"

["Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>]

: Otto G. Raabe <ograabe@ucdavis.edu>

An: Franz Schoenhofer <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>;

radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>; powernet@hps1.org

<powernet@hps1.org>

Datum: Freitag, 27. Juli 2001 22:09

Betreff: Re: "Nuclear Waste Really Does Have A Home"





>July 27, 2001

>Davis, CA

>

>The IBD article is primarily about so-called "high level radioactive

>waste". Of course, for Class A, B, and C low level radioactive waste

>(LLRW), current methods of near surface disposal are used.

>

>Burial of LLRW within the approved classes and quantities has proved to be

>a safe, cost effective, and appropriate method for disposal of LLRW.



What criteria were used to determine "cost-effectiveness"? I would think

that by most rational standards the costs are exorbitant and the disposal

requirements constitute gross overkill considering the potential hazard!



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