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CatKnight 
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Posted on: Jul. 22 2001,11:07 |
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i think it will be me
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CatKnight
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Posted on: Jul. 22 2001,11:07 |
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yes i agree with catknight i think it will be catknight
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miNus
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Posted on: Jul. 22 2001,12:05 |
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CK, what are you planning on doing with your nuclear physics degree? Handling radioactive waste? Let's hope not.
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Nikita
Princess of Darkness Spy. Assassin. Seductress.
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Posted on: Jul. 22 2001,12:26 |
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"D'oh!" 
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CatKnight
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Posted on: Jul. 22 2001,12:32 |
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nah i'll either be running the reactor or designing new ones
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TheTaxMan
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Posted on: Jul. 22 2001,12:42 |
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Btw, if it ever comes to vote (it would probably only be a state vote anyway, and does anyone live in Nevada?), vote -down- the radioactive waste site planned for Yucca Mountain Nevada. They want to build it on top of an active volcanic field because the probability is 'low.' It's something like a 1/10,000 chance of happening in the next 10,000 years. Personally, I think builing 10,000 year storage sites is about the dumbest thing in the world, seeing as how in 50 years, we'll probably have a better way to store or get rid of nuclear waste. Oh yes, if I recall correctly, they want to build this thing somewhere in the vicinity of the Las Vegas water table, so if the earth ever shifted a bit, the structure would crack and leak everywhere. Sounds exciting to me...------------------
Delusions of Grandeur? I am Grand!
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CatKnight
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Posted on: Jul. 22 2001,13:04 |
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heh taxman let me fill you in on yucca mountain. although i agree it probably won't be used as it is intended for (atleast not fully) the reason is not because of the danger to the ecology, but because we will probably find a use for all the materials which will be stored. or atleast a way of decreasing the radioactivity so it doesn't stay hot as long (e.g. using breeder reactors). however if yucca mountain does become the main site for storing waste, there is no reason to panic. the site is in a type of rock where there is zero moisture (granite i think). it is in the desert no where near the water table or any fault lines. i don't remember whether it is over a volcanic site or not but it is obviously not active. if it was active then it would be smoking half of the time like that one in hawaii. the containers the waste are stored in are so secure that nothing short of an apocalypse could cause them to leak into any water sourse. they are sealed in unbreakable steel/concrete containers surrounded by a reinforced concrete housing within a concrete bunker, surrounded by natural granite.
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