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Re: NIMBY for Nevada residents
Because when the NV resident and PA resident sell their houses to each other
for the big migration, the NV resident won't get as much because of the
nuclear dump in his backyard.
The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.
Curies forever.
Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com
BERNARD L COHEN wrote:
> NIMBY seems to be a dominant issue for Nevada with regard to Yucca
> Mountain Repository. They fear that residents living there thousands of
> years from now will be subjected to leakage of radioactivity.
> Does anyone consider the question: what is the probability for the
> progeny of a present Nevada resident living in Nevada 5000 years from
> now?and what is the probability for the progeny of a present Pennsylvania
> resident living in Nevada 5000 years from now? Judging by history, or
> judging by current migration trends, these two probabilities would both be
> very small and approximately the same. How, then, can Nevadans say it is
> unjust for waste generated in the East to be buried in Nevada?
>
> Bernard L. Cohen
> Physics Dept.
> University of Pittsburgh
> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
> Tel: (412)624-9245
> Fax: (412)624-9163
> e-mail: blc@pitt.edu
>
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