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- From: yodaiken@chelm.cs.umass.edu (victor yodaiken)
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- Subject: Re: tel:403 492-3713 fax: 403 492-4256 <=
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- Date: 23 Nov 92 17:53:46 GMT
- References: <1992Nov6.171522.1259@access.usask.ca> <28340@castle.ed.ac.uk> <51502@seismo.CSS.GOV>
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- In article <51502@seismo.CSS.GOV> stead@skadi.CSS.GOV (Richard Stead) writes:
- >Radioactive waste is a non-problem. Bury it in Yucca Mt. No biggy. Other
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- Not what the folks in Nevada seem to think. But, hell, why let mere
- civilians make decisions about their own lives and their own state when
- there are *experts* who can make these decisions for them?
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- >countries have been doing this for awhile in much less stable sites.
- >It really isn't a problem - where the heck do you think the nuclear fuel
- >comes from in the first place? It comes out of the ground. I mean,
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- This is really a weak argument.
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- >People love to complain about radioactive waste, but there are no real
- >problems, other than the people who love to complain. Some people seem
- >to need something to be afraid of and they latch onto nuclear issues
- >because they can't understand them.
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- Part of what bothers many people about nuclear power is the zealous
- shrillness of some of its advocates.
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