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- From: constant@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Tino)
- Subject: Re: Greenpeace and nuclear power
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.203311.17152@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Keywords: C'mon, post facts, not incoherent ramblings.
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 20:33:11 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov22.033243.24532@hpcvca.cv.hp.com> abrown@hpcvcec.cv.hp.com (Allen Brown) writes:
- >>> It seems to me that Greenpeace would like to see the
- >>> countries of the world drop their nuclear power programs. Why is
- >>> this? What reasons to they have to want to ban nuclear power?
-
- >A big part of it is the unsolved problem of how to dispose of
- >radioactive waste.
-
- No, for the hundreth time. The SCIENTIFIC aspects of disposal/reprocessing
- have been solved. What is still unsolved is the public`s (and Greenhype`s)
- irrational fear of ANYTHING radioactive, no matter where it is or safe as
- it may be.
-
- >> A related question is, given there is now lots of that evil plutonium in
- >> the world, in the form of bombs and "spent" fuel rods, if Greenpeace got
- >> their way, what would they do with it all?
-
- >I think their first priority is to stop the production of it: ``First we
- >have to stop producing this crap. Then we will have to figure out
- >what to do with what we already have.''
-
- You won't stop producing it. The technology is there, and there`s no
- going back. However, as countries like France and Japan learn to use this
- plutonium to keep their reactors running, then the problem of "stockpiling"
- will be solved.
-
- >> I know they'd shut down every
- >> nuke in the world so no more gets created but what of the stuff that
- >> already exists? Can't fission it, else that would mean running the
- >> nukes (or setting off the bombs...)
-
- >That is the point.
-
- You`re really out there. Shutting down a majority of the electrical
- capacity in Europe? And then what?
-
- I suggest doing some reading on MOX fuel for reusing plutonium and
- Yucca Mountain (if we end up doing something stupid like throwing it
- away). Contrary to the Greenhype, plutonium is not always a bad thing.
-
- Tino
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