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Women's Institute Consulted on Nuclear Waste
Leon Stringer writes "The Guardian is reporting that the Womens' Institute is being asked for their views on the disposal of nuclear waste while senior scientists resign in protest of being ignored. What members of the public would you like to design nuclear waste storage facilities?"
UK Women's Institute?
Don't be taken in by their reputation for fine home cooking. These old birds can be as tough as battalion of guardsmen. Hmmn, a meeting of the local branch would probably conclude that there isn't much room for a nuclear waste dump in a typical English village of only 100-200 people, especially where every square inch of garden is given over to dahlias for the village flower show or prize marrows. A proposal from Lady Snides from the "big house" that the dump be located in the village council estate was narrowly rejected.
I think they might tell the government that they are already suffering the consequences of a nuclear waste dump in the form of a gipsy encampment half a mile up the road. On reflection, the Institute might recommend the government should send the stuff to America instead. About time that ghastly George Bush with his face puckered up like a goat's bottom returned a favour. And there'll be no need to send Tony Blair back after he's been reprocessed.
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Actually Bush & the cronies are still attempting to get Yucca Mountain going, but it's rare anything is put in print outside of Nevada. Mainly because the major roadblocks are that the Nevada locals keep bringing up valid points that no one in an elected position wants to see nationaly printed. Things like oh 49 states ganging up on one state since the other 49 sure as hell don't want nuke waste in thier state long term. On and plus Bechtel (the people who got the no bid contract for Yucca) is still is way over thier deadline with completion for Yucca Mountain and are by no means anywhere up to code that they aggreed to when they started the whole thing and is overbudget. Yucca Mountain has been a huge clusterfuck from begining to end and hasn't been very thought out. I know most of this due to the fact that I live in Nevada.