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Title: Thunder Bay mayor says buring nuclear waste is 'a bone-headed move'
Category: Provincial Politics
Posted By: OnTheIce
Date: 2015-05-07 11:14:48
Canadian

[Regina]

Two thumbs up Keith.

[Vamp018]

Psst US State of Nevada has a place for Canadian Nuke Waste . We will take it from Canada Cheap too.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

IIRC, the "nuclear waste" that will be deposited will be stuff like mops, boots and any other clothing/items used for cleaning up small leaks. I don't think it's intended for hardcore nuclear waste like spent fuel rods, but I could be wrong. And if I'm not wrong, the proximity to the lake isn't really that big of a deal.

[DrCaleb]

The panic that sets in when someone says 'nuclear' is almost funny.

I saw a recent documentary where they visited various sites, and measured the background radiation. The levels measured in Pripyat, Ukraine (Chernoybl) were actually less than you'd find right next to a nuclear storage silo at a nuclear plant in the US, and far less than you'd experience in an aircraft at 30,000 feet. But people still fly. ¯\(°_o)/¯

The levels in the Spanish town of Palomares are far higher than the tourist infested beaches of Guarapari, Brasil, which registered at 170 milliseverts, versus the Fukushima, Japan exclusion zone at 20 milliseverts. But Fukushima isn't a tourist destination for some reason. ¯\(°_o)/¯

600 feet underground aught to be pretty safe.

Irrational fear of the unknown, I guess.

[Jabberwalker]

The panic that sets in when someone says 'nuclear' is almost funny.

When they pronounce it "nukular" it's time to change the channel.

[OnTheIce]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

The panic that sets in when someone says 'nuclear' is almost funny.

I saw a recent documentary where they visited various sites, and measured the background radiation. The levels measured in Pripyat, Ukraine (Chernoybl) were actually less than you'd find right next to a nuclear storage silo at a nuclear plant in the US, and far less than you'd experience in an aircraft at 30,000 feet. But people still fly. ¯\(°_o)/¯

The levels in the Spanish town of Palomares are far higher than the tourist infested beaches of Guarapari, Brasil, which registered at 170 milliseverts, versus the Fukushima, Japan exclusion zone at 20 milliseverts. But Fukushima isn't a tourist destination for some reason. ¯\(°_o)/¯

600 feet underground aught to be pretty safe.

Irrational fear of the unknown, I guess.

680 meters below ground.

Irrational, especially when they've been storing it above ground in a small town right by the lake.

[Regina]

In the end it will be stored in a location that benefits a politician's riding which means it won't be anywhere near the best right place and won't be near me.


Bon Appétit Southern Ontario!