Panel on Nuclear Waste Disposal to Propose Above-Ground Storage

harvey007

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Thu May-12-11 09:52 PM
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Panel on Nuclear Waste Disposal to Propose Above-Ground Storage

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON � A commission created to help resolve the impasse over the disposal of the nation�s nuclear waste will propose establishing one or more sites where used reactor fuel could be stored in steel and concrete structures on the earth�s surface for decades, members of the commission said this week.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/science/earth/13waste.html

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tavalon

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Thu May-12-11 10:29 PM
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1. Bless their hearts, they are just stupid to the core....

Pun intended.

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nc4bo

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Thu May-12-11 11:04 PM
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2. 747 proof?

Bomb proof? Terrorist proof? Domestic terrorist proof? Earthquake proof? Flood proof? Electrical failure proof?

Any thing else I may have missed? Anything?

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bahrbearian

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Fri May-13-11 08:24 AM
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10. Tornadoes?

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Journeyman

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Thu May-12-11 11:43 PM
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3. Nuclear Garbologists, hoping to solve a millennial problem one decade at a time. . .

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grahamhgreen

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Fri May-13-11 01:08 AM
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4. Store it in the basements of the nuclear industries CEO's.

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makhno

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Fri May-13-11 05:00 AM
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6. Not a bad idea, really

Designate large-scale, non-agricultural land plots owned by the bourgeoisie for the task and bury the spent fuel there. Then proceed to build wind farms and nuclear plants on the property.

I think safety regulations and monitoring will get quite a boost when the shit is in the right backyard.

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Kolesar

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Fri May-13-11 05:34 AM
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7. Fukushima luxury marina and retirement condos!

Free heat!!

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tavalon

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Fri May-13-11 05:41 PM
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12. That is the best idea ever

And anyone convinced that nuclear waste can be stored safely will be the lucky recipients of their own above ground sarcophagus, provided by the fine workers at Halliburton.

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bananas

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Fri May-13-11 04:32 AM
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5. We'll "temporarily" store it at theses sites for several decades, then they'll start leaking, then

then we'll create exclusion zones around them as they leak into the groundwater.
Future generations will curse us for leaving them with this mess.

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Keith Bee

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Fri May-13-11 06:01 AM
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8. Might I suggest Michele Bachmann's house?

With her, mutation could only be an improvement.

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Hubert Flottz

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Fri May-13-11 07:23 AM
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9. I'll bet the "Experts" want to build it out near the Yellowstone area

where the public "won't be in any danger"

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defendandprotect

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Fri May-13-11 02:07 PM
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11. k

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