On 4/15/2012 10:51 AM, gonjah wrote:
On 4/15/2012 6:21 AM, bob haller wrote:

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yucca mountain and all sorts of burial..... over geological lifetime a
earthquake or volcanoe could erupt spreading radiation over a wide
area. this got yucca mountain mothballed. plus over generations future
people might drill or dig into the area by accident. 300 years from
now who is to know....


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My knowledge of geology would preclude me from making any response with
certainty but, isn't the earth/universe basically radioactive anyway?

http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/natural.htm

Of course we would still have to limit expose just as we have to do with
natural radioactivity such as radon, sunshine and even granite.



I remember reading something about coal fired power plants releasing
more radioactivity into the atmosphere than nuclear power plants because
coal contains radium. o_O

TDD