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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (183323)	2/23/2004 1:43:27 PM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576032

Eric, Re...How you move what the terrorists want and what we all fear (nuclear waste) from California to Yucca Mountain is very troubling - in the past it was on essentially unguarded train cars. The new designs use nuclear fuel, which ar BB sized pellets, encased in carbide and ceramic. As such, there are far better options for the terrorists to go after. I believe it is because bombs require a far different densities of isotopes, one of which, is rare in this fuel.

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (183323)	2/23/2004 4:13:39 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576032

Still even in California at McDonnell Douglas we had machines over 100ft long with five accurate cutting heads with accuracy into the tens of thousandths of an inch withstand quake after quake and be recalibrated and restarted within minutes after a quake - these "monuments" as they called them where all sitting on isolated blocks of concrete or steel platforms suspended on springs or shocks. The core of a reactor is not all that large - the engineering feat is not all that great. Yes, I am aware of the machines withstanding the '94 quake. However, that quake was on the cusp of being a large quake and as you know, the energy and power of quakes go up exponentially with each increase in the number so that a 7.0 is hugely more powerful than a 6.0. So then, the Northridge quake was really a piker when it comes to big time quakes and look at the damage it did. Secondly, I don't trust our science when it comes to quakes. It seems with every large quake scientists register surprise at some facet of the quake they had not anticipated or understood. Worse........buildings don't always respond in the way they are supposed to respond. However, if CA, OR, WA and Alaska are the only states where they are not allowed, what's the big deal? The rest of the country could still be a possibility assuming you can figure out how to dispose of the radioactive waste.