what about this Norm?

["Thomas J Savin " <tjsav@LYCOS.COM>]

Steve has an excellent group of points (see below). What is your opinion on Yucca MT?  Just think of all the spent nuclear fuel that would be removed from nuclear power plants.  Do you think that a 747 would explode the  mountain, or maybe cause volcanic activity there? lets take care of two things at once.  Remove spent fuel from the plants and get rid of one of the terrorist options.

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Tom Savin



On Mon, 5 Nov 2001 14:45:13   

 Steve Frantz wrote:

>The UCS and other groups say that they are not anti-nuclear,

>they are pro-nuclear safety.

>

>OK, then let them define their safety goal in measurable means.

>

>How thick of a containment is safe? How many hours of training

>per year for the licensed operators? How many backup deisel

>generators? What level of releases above background? How many

>hours of NRC inspection per year? How many radiation induced

>cancers in the neighboring population? Anything at all

>quantifiable?

>

>They will not answer these questions. They will only say that

>what is being done is not enough. Anything more that is done is

>also not enough. The plants are not safe.

>

>Can the plants be made safe through modification? NO! They are

>very dangerous and we can’t trust the utility or the NRC to do

>what they promise!

>

>Will the plants be safe if they are shut down? NO! The spent

>nuclear fuel at the site is very dangerous!

>

>Should the spent nuclear fuel be moved to Nevada or some other

>storage facility? NO! Moving it is much too dangerous!

>

>They say that the plants are unsafe if operating, unsafe if

>shutdown, and unsafe if the utility tries to remove the

>radioactive material.

>

>What is their solution? THERE IS NO SOLUTION!!!

>

>Now, why would anyone think that they are anti-nuclear?

>

>Stephen Frantz

>Reed College

>sfrantz@reed.edu

>

>

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