Neuclear Dump... er HignTech Repository...
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 7:19 pm
Pfft High Tech Suppository, lol
If it's safe, store it in Parliament House, Canberra.
If it's safe, store it in Parliament House, Canberra.
Dog_ger2 wrote:Pfft High Tech Suppository, lol
If it's safe, store it in Parliament House, Canberra.
bennymacca wrote:Not sure you realise but a lot of the waste is already stored in hospitals around the country.
I think if we are going to mine it and sell it to other countries, we can also store it. And 4 billion a year (or whatever they are proposing) would be massive to the SA economy.
Why do you feel like you are getting screwed?
Dog_ger2 wrote:Pfft High Tech Suppository, lol
If it's safe, store it in Parliament House, Canberra.
bennymacca wrote:The problem is there is just a massive stigma associated with radioactivity, because people just cite chernobyl every time.
But people fail to put it properly into context. Most of the waste is low grade medical waste, which is more akin to what is in your smoke detector than what is in a nuclear power plant.
Secondly, even the high level waste isnt that much different to other forms of pollution - Heavy metals for instance are incredibly toxic, but there is way less stigma associated with having a lead smelter next door than a nuclear power plant, even though it is likely much better to your health to live next to a nuclear power plant.
I do agree that we should name our price though - the world has a significant problem and if we are going to make ourselves part of the solution we should charge for that, but I see this as a huge economic opportunity for the state.
The will be some logistical issues that will need to be worked through though.
bennymacca wrote:Not sure you realise but a lot of the waste is already stored in hospitals around the country.
I think if we are going to mine it and sell it to other countries, we can also store it. And 4 billion a year (or whatever they are proposing) would be massive to the SA economy.
Why do you feel like you are getting screwed?
Dog_ger2 wrote:
We are talking weapons of mass destruction...
Nuclear contamination is weapons of mass destruction...
That is why they don't store this stuff in the white house.... Wake up!!!
Dog_ger2 wrote:bennymacca wrote:The problem is there is just a massive stigma associated with radioactivity, because people just cite chernobyl every time.
But people fail to put it properly into context. Most of the waste is low grade medical waste, which is more akin to what is in your smoke detector than what is in a nuclear power plant.
Secondly, even the high level waste isnt that much different to other forms of pollution - Heavy metals for instance are incredibly toxic, but there is way less stigma associated with having a lead smelter next door than a nuclear power plant, even though it is likely much better to your health to live next to a nuclear power plant.
I do agree that we should name our price though - the world has a significant problem and if we are going to make ourselves part of the solution we should charge for that, but I see this as a huge economic opportunity for the state.
The will be some logistical issues that will need to be worked through though.
We are not talking, catching a cold here.
Getting over the flu in 4 weeks.
We are talking weapons of mass destruction...
Nuclear contamination is weapons of mass destruction...
That is why they don't store this stuff in the white house.... Wake up!!!
Doddy wrote:2. What happens if countries pay to get the stuff stored, then stop making their ongoing payments?
bennymacca wrote:Doddy wrote:2. What happens if countries pay to get the stuff stored, then stop making their ongoing payments?
Even though I am largely for a waste dump, this is the best argument against it. Would you start shipping it back to them? That gets messy real fast
bennymacca wrote:Doddy wrote:2. What happens if countries pay to get the stuff stored, then stop making their ongoing payments?
Even though I am largely for a waste dump, this is the best argument against it. Would you start shipping it back to them? That gets messy real fast