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Re: Norm avoids nothing!
Norm wrote "I guess I'd be looking at a say 20 year phase out..."
I take it you mean you'd like to see all nuclear plants phased out over a
twenty year time span. I am very curious as to how you would replace the
generating capacity. Could you lay out your version of our energy future
over the next twenty years if nuke plants were phased out?
DJWhitfill
Norman Cohen
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Please respond to
Norman Cohen
Tom,
I haven't thought this through in detail. I guess I'd be looking at a say
20 year phase out, or something akin to the
German agreement. I mean I still prefer to shut 'em all down now, but I was
thinking in more practical and political terms.
I was listening to Senator Kerry on C-SPAN speaking at the League of
Conservation Voters (LCV) annual dinner. He proposes a 20-20 campaign, that
we get 20% of our energy from alternative (meaning wind and solar,
biodiesel) sources by 2020. I think we could do even better.
As far as getting all the waste off now, that would do two things I'd
oppose - it would allow the nuclear plants to operate forever since there
would be no constraints due to waste, and would produce so many 1000s of
shipments to Yucca that an accident or terror incident is bound to happen.
norm
Thomas J Savin wrote:
> Hi Norm,
>
> Thank you for your candor - I will think on your response - to me I find
a fault in your logic - maybe a time issue. the nukes will operate, but we
need NOW to get the waste off the nuclear power sites so that we do not
have to worry about terrorist attacks on waste. What is your timeline?
> ---
> Tom Savin
>
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:27:52
> Norman Cohen wrote:
> >Hi Tom
> >I believe I did answer this, but perhaps not to the whole list. My
answer below in the dashes ---
> >
> >Thomas J Savin wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Norm,
> >>
> >> Numerous people are waiting for your answer to the question below - it
does have to do with radiation and safety. So please let us know of your
position - we are waiting.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance - Tom Savin and others
> >> ---
> >> Tom Savin
> >>
> >> Steve has an excellent group of points (see
> >> below). What is your opinion
> >> on Yucca MT?
> >
> >--- I have mixed feelings. I do not believe that Yucca is suitable for
the tens or 100s of thousands of years needed for storage. I'm concerned
about the risks of shipping the
> >waste there. There appear to be legit concerns about the water table and
volcanic activity. On the other hand, I would, unlike most of my anti-nuke
friends, support this deal:
> >as each nuke is shut down and replaced with alternative forms of energy,
then I'd agree to shipping that nukes waste to Yucca. What this proposal to
me means is replacing 103
> >areas of risk with one area.
> > I don't support Yucca if that means that nukes keep operating.---
> >
> >> 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?
> >
> >--- My ubderstanding is the the DOE did NOT do an analysis of whether or
not Yucca could withstand a terroist attck. I agree that the odds of a
plane crashing into the
> >mountain and allowing the radiation to be released is slim.----
> >
> >> Lets take care of
> >> two things at once. Remove spent fuel from
> >> the plants and get rid of one of the terrorist options.
> >> What do you think Norm?
> >> >>> Tom Savin
> >> >
> >> >
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