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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 10:42 AM Original message |
Reid hails end of Yucca Mountain project |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. And how much was spent on this? |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. So where is the new dump site? |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Right here in west Texas, about 30 miles from me and sitting on top |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Sounds like a much better spot... |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
57. Ohhhhhh |
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clixtox (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 06:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
74. I nominate "Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs! N/T |
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cowman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. Reid is |
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meeshrox (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Either way, Yucca was a bad idea... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I guess 80,000 years can be considered recent |
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meeshrox (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
49. Well, yes, 80,000 years is recent in geologic time...and... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Yucca Mountain is not even close to being 'actively' volcanic |
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meeshrox (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Really? Really... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. You are arguing for leaving nuclear waste where it is now |
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meeshrox (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I agree with a lot of what you are saying here... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. 300,000 human deaths, uncountable others |
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meeshrox (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Where did you get 10 million years? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Some links |
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meeshrox (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. We finally agree! |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Here's the site. Sitting right on top of my drinking water. |
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meeshrox (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I'm sorry to hear that... |
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meeshrox (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. I assume you are taking your definition of "active" to mean 10,000 years or less |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Deleted message |
izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
71. Nye county is a boil on the bum of NV |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. scratch plan to open "Meltdown" Casino and Brothel on Yucca Mtn. |
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jaksavage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. My friend worked on Yucca mtn |
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cowman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I worked |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. It is NOT even a "good" site - it's ALWAYS had problems |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. No it won't - it's a HORRIBLE site - the ground water is already being CONTAMINATED |
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bottomofthehill (578 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. The waste exists, the question is where will it be stored. |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. There is NO way to secure nuclear waste.... |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. +1 |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. :) exactly |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. What do you think nuclear waste looks like? |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It looks like a grey metal and is usually sealed in a canister... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. It's cast into glass pellets or concrete |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. so why is the groundwater in the navaho and hopi lands testing positive for radiation? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Bad mining practices from the 1940s and 50s related to weapons testing |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Why do you think immunity from liability is so important? |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. And your wikipedia entry is different from the marketing dept's in what way? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Take it up with Wikipedia |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. I followed your reasoning on display and you sound like a member |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:53 PM Original message |
I'm a member of the marketing dept. against global warming |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. I agree most don't understand the threat. |
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meeshrox (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
58. I wholly understand the threat of global warming... |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Radioactive waste is ++good. |
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bottomofthehill (578 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
61. That does not help with what already exists |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
68. We simply need to send it to the molten core of the planet. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. So where will all the waste go that is in South Carolina ?? |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. they can send it to music's place.... |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. +1 |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. +1 |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 07:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
75. Send it to Virginia ... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. Long live Clean Coal!!!! |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Black lung on the rise among US coal miners |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Yeah, but its better than nuclear waste. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. No, coal is actually 300 times more dangerous than nuclear power |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Nonsense... |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. France has had nuclear accidents too |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. What is France's incidence of Black Lung? nt |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Do they even have a coal resource or industry. Don't know, don't care atm. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. They're not using clean coal? |
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meeshrox (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Ok, really cannot tell if you are joking... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Several prominent anti-nuclear activists have already jumped ship |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Somebody must have got to him. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Laughable. We all know solar, wind, geo, tidal have already technologically peaked |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Simple question.. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Look it up yourself. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Just for you, I did... |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I very much doubt that unless you think small. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Post a link of no findings? |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 05:48 AM Response to Reply #33 |
73. You can call it clean all you want to....doesnt make it so..... |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. link please |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Here: |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. That is spin and so outrageous I can barely imagine you bought it |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Yes, you do need to explain why. |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. I only have a few more minutes but will throw one minor counter to that article. |
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