I've sampled some of the responses here and just want to know 'Are you guys for real?'
Yucca Mt is located over both earthquake faults AND an aquifer, will not be finished for years, and by the time it _is_ finished it won't be able to hold the additional nuclear waste generated in the years the site is being built.
One of the fundamental problems is that most of our existing nuclear reactors are very inefficient, resulting in a low energy generated/lb of waste ratio.
Of course the Nuclear Energy Industry has lobbied against any mandatory upgrades to their systems that would reduce the waste since it would obviously eat into their profits.
Since security is a concern I am sure there are operating military bases in the Western US that have the right geological profile to provide a stable facility as well as both buffers to population and to threats (the big AFB in western Utah springs to mind - Groom Lake?)
I live in California and don't want Yucca Mountain built - I don't have a problem with a single facility (even in CA) to store all of our waste but I want SERIOUS thought put into where it's going rather than the knee jerk reaction that's going on - this stuff is going to be around for 10's of thousands of years, so let's do it RIGHT.
Slashdot Mirror
Slashdot says they have the "scoop" on this, when in fact they're just reposting a story from CNN.
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Here's a real scoop for you,
Reposting != scooping
scooping == being the first to get a story, something that
I've sampled some of the responses here and just want to know 'Are you guys for real?' Yucca Mt is located over both earthquake faults AND an aquifer, will not be finished for years, and by the time it _is_ finished it won't be able to hold the additional nuclear waste generated in the years the site is being built. One of the fundamental problems is that most of our existing nuclear reactors are very inefficient, resulting in a low energy generated/lb of waste ratio. Of course the Nuclear Energy Industry has lobbied against any mandatory upgrades to their systems that would reduce the waste since it would obviously eat into their profits. Since security is a concern I am sure there are operating military bases in the Western US that have the right geological profile to provide a stable facility as well as both buffers to population and to threats (the big AFB in western Utah springs to mind - Groom Lake?) I live in California and don't want Yucca Mountain built - I don't have a problem with a single facility (even in CA) to store all of our waste but I want SERIOUS thought put into where it's going rather than the knee jerk reaction that's going on - this stuff is going to be around for 10's of thousands of years, so let's do it RIGHT.
mine was 13... :^)
I remember the sweat dripping off my nose it was so intense. Or maybe it was just hot.