On Aug 30, 2006, at 7:50 AM, Bob Axtell wrote:

> In order to render Chernobyl safe, more than 500,000 men risked
> sterility and worse in order to pour a concrete coffin  around
> the radioactive  plant.

Where does THAT number come from?  It seems extremely unlikely
for any construction project to utilize that many people; consider
that the total population of chernobyl at the time of the accident
was about 100,000.

> It doesn't worry you that after 60 years of
> trying, the waste problem still hasn't been "solved"?
>
Um, not particularly, since I find the current "requirements"
for "solved" to be unrealistic.  Similar requirements applied to
other energy sources would likely render them all unusable as
well.  (Oh wait.  That's happening now re CO2 and global warming.)

BillW
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