Re: OT: 2006 US Elections

Snit wrote: 
"TheLetterK" <theletterk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
qlOPe.5749$2_.3675@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 8/26/05 5:22 PM:


Snit wrote:

"TheLetterK" <theletterk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
hdOPe.5664$2_.2562@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 8/26/05 5:13 PM:




Yucca mountain is less than 100 miles from Las Vegas.

Actually, it's more than 100 miles, 


I look forward to your support of this claim:

http://www.lasvegassun.com/dossier/nuke/
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The Energy Department for years has said it would rely mainly on trains, as
opposed to trucks, to haul 77,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel from the
nation's nuclear power reactors to a proposed underground nuclear dump at
Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
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http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=8476
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The radiation exposure issue has threatened to cripple the government's
plans to bury 77,000 tons of highly radioactive waste -- mostly used
reactor
fuel rods now at commercial power plants -- beneath a volcanic ridge at
Yucca Mountain in the Nevada desert 90 miles from Las Vegas.
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Most sources list it as 90 miles or "about 100 miles" away from Las Vegas -
and when you consider the growth the city is experiencing - growing quickly
in all directions (except where mountains do not permit it) it is quite
accurate to say it is under 100 miles.  For that matter I would have to dig
up a map to see if they mean what is technically Las Vegas or if they mean
"Paradise Township", which is much larger but often simply considered "Las
Vegas" (Las Vegas technically is very small - but when I lived in Paradise
Township I *never* received any mail listed as such... it all came to "Las
Vegas").  I suppose I could have said "about 100 miles", and that would be
close enough... but to call it more than 100 miles is simply inaccurate.



No comment?

Obviously, as I didn't comment. 


and you still are not - at least not any comment of any value.  Why is this?

Do you at least admit that your claim was wrong?

<SNIP />

More like ~30,000 years. Considering the half-life of the concerned
material, and the type of rock it'll be contained in... this is not
really a concern.


To you - but chances are you would not like it to be buried near you...

It hasn't bothered me for the last 18 years, why would it now?


Well, then, leave it where it is. If it does not bother you, why move it? 

Because that site isn't prepared for long-term storage? It wasn't
designed to store nuclear waste for tens of thousands of years. If it
was, I wouldn't have a problem with it.



But elsewhere you said you would not have a problem with it being stored in
your neighbors basement - assuming he had one.
Well, it would be mildly annoying having to take him to court for ruining my land. I don't have any particular qualms against proper storage 'nextdoor'.


<SNIP />

Is less safe than yucca mountain. By far. You can't really pick any site
on the east coast. You also need to put it inside a relatively stable
mountain, where there's little rain and low population density. Nevada,
and Arizona are really the only two states that make sense.



If those are the only places that make sense, why do you not care if your
neighbor stores it in his basement?


Well, my neighbor doesn't HAVE a basement, and this site is particularly
poor for long-term storage (Extremly wet, no solid locations for
storage, with seismic dangers on-par with that near Yucca mountain).
Yucca mountain, on the other hand. would be quite safe. I honestly don't
see why the people near there have a problem with it.



So you *would* care if it were buried in your neighbor's basement (he would
have to dig one).


If that basement had been prepared for the task for the last 30 years
with millions of dollars poured into it... I wouldn't care.



Oh... so now you would not care based on conditions... when before the only
if you could sue for damages.  Why the change of heart?
Truthfully, I wouldn't give a damn if they were willing to do so. But you can be sure I'd take them for every penny they're worth if it causes damage to my property.
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