Re: " Nuclear waste could bury itself "

[Susan L Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>]

John Jacobus wrote:

> Isn't melting of the rock part of the logic behind the

> WIPP facility in New Mexico: 



Actually, the salt at WIPP doesn't melt; it flows plastically to encase 

the waste.



Susan

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