Talk:Obama IAEA nuclear sites declaration for the United States, draft, 267 pages, 5 May 2009
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Analysis.
Somebody leaked this, probably a political appointee, one with access to such documents...that this was leaked, this means I have to assume that the political appointee probably disagrees with it. That this was leaked with nearly all of the Bush Admin nuclear energy programs intact implies that these programs are continuing with no regard to the change in Administration; thank God that Obama's a first-class thinker and not easily scared by FUD...and that he appointed such a fine Secretary of Energy.
If I'm reading this correctly...and I'm making a lot of guesses, and a lot of speculations...but here's what I think...the political appointee who leaked this is pissed off that Chu's disregarding objections from certain groups, and the Obama Administration is going for the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR). That's what most of this research is clearly pointing towards; all the fuel cycle plans seem headed towards sodium-cooled fast reactors. There are contracts about pyroprocessing and the like. This is all screaming IFR, IFR, IFR to me... And the IFR is, after all, Jim Hansen's plan, you know, he who fought Bush on the attempt to fraudify NASA global warming research, and actually won. The IFR, since it's so efficient, is just about the only thing that'll stop global warming at this very late hour. Windmills and sun aren't enough. Sorry.
I guess that certain folks will never see the light about nuclear, though, as Gwyneth Cravens said, they'll certainly see the darkness that's coming with global warming...60% - 80% of arable land going bye-bye. Any environmentalist would be concerned. Just think of the ecocide that'll result when we have to turn the rainforest, forest, every piece of soil we can possibly find into farmland to replace the flooded croplands...and if you think the US won't do it...what about...India? What about...China, hmm? And just wait to see the reactors that desperate nations will hack together after a 5 m ocean rise... they'll make the RBMK look like an AP1000 or ESBWR. If there's anything radicals should know, it's that life finds a way. Humans live; they'll find a way. And that way may not be the best way, but it'll work, good enough.
There are more pressing concerns these days...FUD about radiation doesn't compare to the inconvenient truth that global warming with planetary meltdown is taking place, and all mankind's downwind. The anti-nuclear movement's kind of died down... and is slowly dying off... it had a short half-life. When it kicks the bucket, stick that waste in a spent fuel cask and file in the bottom of a deep geological repository; no reprocessing necessary.
Bottom line: Anti-Nuclear = Pro-Coal = Pro-Oil = Pro-Global Warming.
katana0182 06:41, 3 June 2009 (GMT)
Another Mirror
Rapidshare mirror here: http://rapidshare.com/files/240373188/us-nuclear-sites-2009.pdf
I got a sifferent SHA256
which is: d7b2c44c6b866defb983d37d005e5d5c37116b39495fefc8d92ff761cfe06554
MD5: 3ad092f920a7dc01071ee485a85e6253
SHA1: 66aeddc9e199ea22a15fc727b0aa62d0854d824d
from: http://eyeball-series.org/nuke-sites/nuke-sites.htm http://cryptome.org/nuke-sites.zip
???
Shows only active sites
Very interesting. The mapped facilities toward the end seem to show more information that was required by the treaty.
I was looking for closed facilities and mines, but not on this document. Particularly interested in the Lakeview, Oregon mine and where all the left over material and equipment was buried. Probably on another, much older document.
Paul