Re: WIPP shipment through Albq. NM

[Peter Fear <fearp@mail.upstate.edu>]

Bill,



Of course if what the public thought was more important than what was right

then we would still have "separate but equal schools" and no black

professionals. Of course women would all be "bare foot and pregnant" and

only working in the home or for substandard wages. Sometimes it's more

important for the right thing to be "forced" on the irrational public.



Pete

Peter Fear

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

From: "William V Lipton" <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM>

To: "Steven Dapra" <sjd@swcp.com>

Cc: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:29 AM

Subject: 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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