On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:21:15 -0600, dpb wrote:

Oren wrote:
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Just a layman here, BUT there are a lot of transport problems to be
faced in our future. Particularly trucking and train safety.

No. Spent fuel transport casks have been demonstrated experimentally to
take direct hit from 70-mph railroad locomotive followed by fire and not
leak contamination. There's no significant radioactive risk.


How does the layman trust the government for the truth on this
experiment?

Some how, I read a particular metal would be needed to encase
(shielded around) all this mess (10,000 years) and would deplete the
earth supply of that material.

What about earthquakes at Yucca Mt.?

Just yesterday Vegas had a small quake.
...

What about them? If worst were to come to worst, it will simply bury
the waste underground. Meanwhile, the facility is designed to
accommodate seismic activity. There are far more real dangers and
boogey men to worry over in this world.

I'm just more skeptical of the government than I am of the dangers of
a quake. But I live here 100 miles away.