piet@mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema) (04/27/84)
>The energy concentration of uranium is 3.5 million times that of >coal. This fundamental physical fact is why nuclear power is >cheaper and safer than power from coal. What's the relation between energy concentration and safety??? >If you wonder why some people are such anti-nukes even after knowing >these facts...... We anti-nukes also know a bit more about nuclear waste than the mere fact that the amount is less, you know.... -- Piet Beertema, CWI, Amsterdam ...{decvax,philabs}!mcvax!piet
koksvik@kvvax4.UUCP (05/02/84)
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>We anti-nukes also know a bit more about nuclear waste
Didn't someone propose to bury it in a salt dome in Holland?
Rolf M. Koksvik ({decvax,philabs}!mcvax!kvport!kvvax4!koksvik)
A/S Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk, Kongsbergdya@unc-c.UUCP (05/06/84)
References: kvvax4.393
In all seriousness: One day, while trapped in a colleague's car, I
was forced to listen to Paul Harvey. That day, he had some news story
(between the True Value ads) concerning a man in Utah who had developed
some way to render certain types of nuclear waste much less harmful,
if not inert. (NO FLAMES ABOUT MY NAIVETE....I don't believe it-) This
was supposedly using a linear accelerator or some such device. It was
two years ago when I heard this, has anyone heard anything since ?
dya