[TheForge] OT biodiesel

[schade at acegroup.cc]

On May 28, 2005, at 9:28 AM, Todd Rich wrote:

>>
>> The issue is the length of time the waste is hazardous.
>>
> Highly radioactive substances have a short half life, low level 
> radioactive substances have a much longer half life.  Cobalt 60 is 
> high level gamma emitter, and what they use to irradiate food to 
> sterilize it. It's half life is 5 years.  After 40 years, there isn't 
> much of it left except non-radioactive nickel.  U-235 is long lived, 
> but it isn't that radioactive. But it is easily fissile, which allows 
> it to produce heat and short lived - highly radioactive decay 
> products. There are technologies that can deal with the waste.  We 
> aren't allow to use them.
>

Well hey! Neat stuff. You should put the word out on this Todd because 
a whole lot of people seem to be pretty caught up on this nuclear waste 
  storage thing. They are even trying to build a place under a mountain 
in Nevada to contain the stuff for the next several hundred thousand 
years.

Your info (not googled I'm sure!) could save them a very big project. 
Shoot you could keep in in shoe boxes stacked in a gymnasium! Somewhere 
near your place I hope. Maybe they will give you a bit for your pocket.

Here's hoping.

Bob