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Re: WIPP shipment through Albq. NM
I enjoyed Kim Kearfott's posting about defending nuclear power plants with fog.
You are apparently using this concept to defend your arguments.
The issue isn't which is more dangerous - a gasoline tanker or a TRU waste shipment.
It's what reasonable actions can be taken to assure public safety AND address public
concerns. You may think that public concerns about TRU waste are irrational.
Nevertheless, they still count. It's called democracy. Overall, I'll take my
chances with an irrational pubic over having an elite group of "the best and the
brightest" tell me what's good for me.
The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.
Curies forever.
Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com
Steven Dapra wrote:
> Jan. 12
>
> Bill Lipton wrote:
>
> "I remember a new fuel shipment, c.a. 1995, which had a head on collision
> with a drunk driver on I-91, in downtown Springfield, MA. There was a
> potential for the equivalent of a 'dirty bomb,' since the Type A packages
> containing the fuel were not designed or tested to survive an accident and
> fire. Fortunately, they held up."
>
> Tell us this Bill: what if that head on collision had been with a truck
> loaded with propane, or with 8000 gallons of gasoline? Can you imagine the
> carnage?
>
> Second, it is possible to design containers for fuel or TRU waste that
> will withstand collisions with railroad locomotives. Is it practical or
> even possible to design a container for 8000 gallons of gasoline that could
> survive being hit by a train? (And let's not even think about train wrecks
> with tank cars of chlorine and anhydrous ammonia . . .)
>
> Steven Dapra
> sjd@swcp.com
>
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