Personally, I've never been big on robbers, anyway. Would serve them right.
Imagine if we still had all the nifty Egyptian pieces that were destroyed
and/or melted down by the robbers of the tombs.
Assuming they lose the ability to read English or understand the sign for
nuclear danger, must assume a step way back in knowledge and would assume
technology. Would they have the ability to bypass modern technology to gain
access. I believe we are talking about something that is going way
underground, like a 1,000 feet or more. Its not going to be just a pit with
a few feet of topsoil over the top. If it was deemed the stuff didn't need
to be inspected, the shaft could actually be filled up when it reached
capacity and no one would be the wiser. It then could lie very well
protected for a long long time. We can't even get to the bottom of that
pirate well up in your neighborhood and we're only talking a hundred feet or
so.
That Pebble Bed reactor the South Africans sure sounds like a solution to
non polluting power needs. They are still trying to get the demonstration
project up and running. Of course you'll never guess who's trying to
prevent them from doing the research.
Aloha
Peter
From: john.cranfield@ns.sympatico.ca (John Cranfield)
>Reply-To: lro@works.team.net
>To: lro@Works.Team.Net
>Subject: Re: LRO: Power
>Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 20:08:06 -0300
>
>What if the Pyramids had been ancient nuclear burial sites. It a couple
>of hundred years to understand the writing. The tomb raiders didn't heed
>any warning that might have been there. Those strucrures were as safe
>from break in as their technology could make it.
>As soon as any thing get buried or locked away the rumour starts
>thatthere must be a great treasure there. To say that the contents would
>be well documented does no good as there are today those who deny well
>documented history of only 60 years ago.
>It's not a solution it is burial of a problem and the soon that the
>proneculear lobby gets out of denial the better.
>John
>
>Peter Ogilvie wrote:
> >
> > If you assume that we will be become illiterate in the future. That
>must be
> > the eco freak assumption as they would have us either disappear
>completely
> > or assume a hunting and gathering, stone age level of society. Oops,
>guess
> > we would have to make that gathering only as we wouldn't want to offend
>the
> > sensibilities of the PETA people by actually hunting animals.
> >
> > In reality, A storage sight would be designated, signed etc. in the
>current
> > lingua franca. Should a new or different language or logo come into
>vogue,
> > the warnings would undoubtedly be changed to reflect the new current
> > language. Of course those that either couldn't read or understand the
> > warnings and/or those who chose to ignore the warnings could be left as
>an
> > additional reminder that the area isn't such a good place to set up new
> > digs.
> >
> > Actually, the plan is to bury the waste in deep tunnels that would be
>very
> > secure to penetration and not dangerous to anyone who didn't actively
> > attempt to get an overdose of radiation. You wouldn't be able to
> > accidentally walk up to the radiating material.
> >
> > The only reason that long term storage hasn't been under taken is NIMBY.
> > The same reason that California doesn't have adequate electrical
>generation
> > capacity from whatever power source. Has nothing to do with ability to
> > create just the peoples ability to accept the solution.
> >
> > Aloha
> > Peter
> >
> > >From: "Lee Jones" <leejones6@home.com>
> >
> > >Not unworkable at all - the die off in the far future will warn those
> > >others
> > >that live away from the area! Maybe they could leave the skeletons
>nearby
> > >or
> > >on the perimeter....
> > >
> > >Lee
> >
> > >It's also unworkable. Storage of nuclear waste needs to be safe for
>longer
> > >than one can expect people to be able to read the signs.
> > >
> > >--
> > >dscheidt@tumbolia.com
> > >Bipedalism is only a fad.
> > >
> >
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