Re: [cdn-nucl-l] Diaz, chairman of the NRC, does not believe undue risks posed by 40,000 casks of spent nuclear fuel

[AtomicRod@aol.com]

Randall:

I am not concerned about the actual heath effects of an attack, but it is hard to deny that the REACTION to an attack on a spent fuel carrying train would have a major impact on the economy of the local area. 

I still have difficulty understanding why it is necessary to plan on massive movements of spent fuel - it is not dangerous right where it is and moving it costs enormous quantities of money without any real benefit.

BTW - in case anyone wants to jump in, I realize that we already transport small quantities of spent fuel, but there is a huge difference in volume between the shipments that have already occurred and those that are planned if we start consolidating fuel into a single location. I would be more supportive if we were talking about regional consolidation that took into account an effort to minimize the amount of transportation needed.

Rod

In a message dated 3/20/05 4:55:20 PM, randal.leavitt@rogers.com writes:


> Jerry Cuttler wrote:
>
> >       But suppose a train transporting spent fuel rods was attacked in a
> > more populated setting, said Jason Groenewold, director of the Health
> > Environment Alliance of Utah.
>
> To heck with that - suppose an asteroid the size of Jupiter hit that
> train.  That would kill everyone in the solar system.  Clearly the
> risk of using trains is too great.  We should use ox carts instead.
>
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