William Chops Westfield wrote:
> 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
>   
At the moment I can't find it, Bill. I'll look again later.

--Bob

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