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Michael W. Posluns,
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From: Ish <ishgooda@tdi.net>
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>>Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 17:26:38 +1030
>>From: "Ron Gray" <r-grayle@msn.com.au>
>>Sender: owner-abolition-caucus@igc.org
>>Subject: NUCLEAR WASTES
>>To: "Abolition Caucus" <abolition-caucus@igc.apc.org>
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>>Dear Friends,
>>
>>We are being told that overseas companies from the United States and the
>>United Kingdom are trying to talk our government into storing high level
>>nuclear waste in Australia. This waste, or at least some of it has, we
>are
>>told, a half-life of 240,000 years but we are assured that it will be OK
>>because we are a stable democracy. Australia is also considered to be a
>>stable land mass.
>>
>>I fail to see how having a stable democracy stacks up against 240,000
>years
>>when, in the approximately 6,000 years of recorded history, we have lost
>>several whole civilizations, democratic or not.
>>
>>It certainly doesn’t give me the confidence to believe that the welfare
>of
>>our descendants is being properly considered.
>>
>>As I see the problem, the nuclear power industry grew out of the rush to
>>acquire nuclear weapons and no, or not enough thought was given to true
>>costing for the product. The unit costs of power were obviously set too
>low
>>to allow for decommissioning of power plants and the proper treatment of
>>wastes.
>>
>>This being the case, the nuclear industry is looking for a cheap way out.
>>
>>We know that depleted uranium has been given to arms manufacturers as a
>>means of getting rid of that problem. From reports, we also understand
>that
>>radioactive steel from decommissioned installations has been mixed with
>>ordinary scrap, and then used for a wide range of domestic products.
>>
>>Now as a third cheap solution, the industry wants to dump their wastes
>here
>>in Australia.
>>
>>Why do they need to do this? Is it because it is beyond the skills of
>the
>>scientists who enriched these materials for profit to now degrade them
>for
>>safety? Or is it that the industry, having made a profit that has now
>been
>>spent, will not provide the money for the scientists to deal with the
>waste
>>problem responsibly?
>>
>>I would be pleased to hear from suitably qualified people whether my
>>understanding of the problems are correct, or my fears unwarranted.
>Until
>>we can be absolutely positive of the safety for future generations we
>must
>>not allow any move to push nuclear wastes ‘out of sight, out of mind’!
>>
>>Until a responsible, safe method of dealing with nuclear wastes is
>>discovered, I believe that no wastes should be removed from the sites
>where
>>they were created.
>>
>>Yours truly,
>>
>>Ron Gray.
>>
>>_____________________________________
>>Australian Peace Committee (SA Branch)Inc.
>>11 South Tce, Adelaide SA 5000 Australia
>>Ph: (+61-8) 82127138 Fx: (+61-8) 83642291
>>Email: r-grayle@msn.com.au
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