How DARE you pollute my sun that way! Just because you pulled that toxic
fuel out of the ground under my feet doesn't mean that you can get away with
disposing of it inside our own solar system.

Someone has done a really good job of public opinion manipulation when we
are talking about "disposing" of a "waste" that we mined from the earth
itself. It's a good thing we have oil and gas which are disposed of when
they are burned; right?

We should start a group that aims to restore the earth to its natural state
by a (horribly expensive) process which converts spent fuel rods back into
the "more natural" form of uranium and then sprinkles it back into abandoned
mines.

P.S. Just for those whose brains have been REALLY well washed, the above is
sarcasm. A brief statistics report:
Number of people killed in Nuke accidents world wide, ever: about 30,000.
Terrorist casualties in the USA, ever: about 3000.
Nuke deaths in the USA, ever: 0.

Number of people killed in mass transit systems potentially powered by
electricity from nuke generators per year: about 300.
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/historic/redcars/


Number of people killed in POV's (privately owned vehicles) PER YEAR in the
USA ALONE: about 60,000

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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Hopkins
> Sent: 2004 Aug 24, Tue 13:49
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT:] Nuclear waste storage - arguments on
> design lifetime
>
> Have not followed the full discussion but I have always
> thought why not send nuclear waste to the SUN.
>
> After all it is just a nuclear furnace that would burn the waste.
>
> OK it may take thousands of years to get to the sun & at a
> high cost to lunch it on its way but at least it is of this planet.
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