RE: NIMBY for Nevada residents

[Jack_Earley@RL.GOV]

Some people, and not necessarily concurrently:



1. Value the environment more than they do its human stewards (but I've

noticed those people are still consumers of that environment and never

volunteer to remove themselves from it for the sake of the environment)



2. Can't see beyond their own noses, their immediate perceptions/paradigms.

Covey says we have to examine the lens through which we see the world. Most

people will end their working lives dependent on someone else for their

support--these are not exactly the kind of people who are going to exert

themselves to become well-informed beyond what they see/hear on TV from some

fashion model. Communication on this level requires the lowest common

denominator theory of human relations--communicating on a level where they

can't misunderstand (Quntilian ca. 1500 B.C.)



Jack Earley

Radiological Engineer





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

From: BERNARD L COHEN [mailto:blc+@PITT.EDU]

Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 7:44 AM

To: internet RADSAFE

Subject: NIMBY for Nevada residents





	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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