Re: Nuclear Waste - The REAL Problem!

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

    It seems that very few people understand the true nature of the nuclear

waste problem. By any rational assessment, nuclear waste poses NO serious

threat to public health & safety [If anyone is interested, I can offer

several technical references to support this statement].  Yet, the specter

of a hazard of unprecedented dimensions is firmly embedded in the public

mind. How did this miserable state of affairs evolve?

    It is apparent that nuclear waste is not a problem to be solved. Rather,

it is a problem to be studied. Hoards of geologists, material scientists,

social scientists, consultants, bureaucrats, politicians, anti-nuke

activists, and assorted consultants make a good  living by studying the

problem. Should the problem ever be solved, they would need to seek

elsewhere for their livelihood. The only group that would really benefit

from a solution would be the general public; and who cares about them? All

those who are professionally involved have a strong vested interest in

perpetuating the  problem. Given this situation it is unlikely that a

solution will evolve.

    If all this seems overly cynical, perhaps someone can offer a better

explanation .









----- Original Message -----

From: Estabrooks, Bates (IHK) <IHK@Y12.doe.gov>

To: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 8:05 AM

Subject: Nuclear Waste - The REAL Problem!





> RADSAFERs,

>

> Please excuse the length of this post, but the content of the attached

> article from The New Republic (TNR) is not to be missed.  Please note, TNR

> is not known for its conservative leanings; just the opposite.

>

> Norm Cohen, read carefully.

>

> Bates Estabrooks

>

>

> http://www.thenewrepublic.com/112601/crowley112601.html

> <http://www.thenewrepublic.com/112601/crowley112601.html>





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