>  > The POINT is that it is better to have the radioactive
>>  material in a place were we KNOW about it rather than in a
>>  place where mother nature (bless her homicidal heart) can
>>  belch it up at us at some unpredictable point in the future.
>
>You still don't get it: what we must store after using it is totally
>different from what we mined. I would *not* mind the natural stuff being
>stored in Yucca mountain or even in a clay pit in the Netherlands. But
>real nuclar waste (what remaings of the fuel rods after their usefull
>life) is a totally different piece of cake.
>
>>  And by avoiding nuke power, we subject ourselves to coal
>>  power, "natural" gas power, and oil power
>
>Only if you accept the premise that we must use the currently 'accepted'
>amount of energy ( and at the current price).

Yes. I enjoy modern technology. I don't want to return to the 16th 
century, with lifespans of 30 years.

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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
http://www.blackcatsystems.com
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