Comments on: Miliband announces plans to bury nuclear waste http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/miliband-announces-plans-to-bury-nuclear-waste/ Politics, culture, surrealism... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:35:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jonny http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/miliband-announces-plans-to-bury-nuclear-waste/#comment-351 Jonny Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:43:30 +0000 http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/miliband-announces-plans-to-bury-nuclear-waste/#comment-351 Well, yeah, you're probably right. You'll notice that I didn't say I thought the plan would work. Unsurprisingly, the contingency plan (presumably forcing someone to take the waste) isn't being talked up so much. I'm not sure I'd describe it as a "shame" that it was decided not to blast the waste into space. If it's unsafe it's a damn good thing it's not happening. I think we can all learn an important lesson from Futurama about sending waste into space. What's really a shame is that the government seem to be in the pocket of the nuclear industry and as a result are dicking around with this instead of getting on with large scale renewable schemes. Well, yeah, you’re probably right. You’ll notice that I didn’t say I thought the plan would work. Unsurprisingly, the contingency plan (presumably forcing someone to take the waste) isn’t being talked up so much.

I’m not sure I’d describe it as a “shame” that it was decided not to blast the waste into space. If it’s unsafe it’s a damn good thing it’s not happening. I think we can all learn an important lesson from Futurama about sending waste into space.

What’s really a shame is that the government seem to be in the pocket of the nuclear industry and as a result are dicking around with this instead of getting on with large scale renewable schemes.

]]> By: DogPatch http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/miliband-announces-plans-to-bury-nuclear-waste/#comment-350 DogPatch Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:22:25 +0000 http://www.voxpolis.com/2006/miliband-announces-plans-to-bury-nuclear-waste/#comment-350 Not to sound too cynical, but what council in their right mind would "volunteer" for this? A council that does "volunteer" will get a multi-million pound investment, which i assume has to be spent on the facilities. There might be some spare change, but they're going to have to build it etc. There is also no guarentee that the construction workers, materials etc will actually come from that area, therefore this won't necessarily create jobs for the area- although some people might get employed to run it (but still they could commute from outside the council's domain). Then there is the negative effect of building such a facility, such as people not wanting to live near radioactive waste, the facility spoiling the view etc. When you weigh this up, no council would choose to build it. Its a shame the CORWM decided that sending the waste into outer space was too dangerous (not mentioning the fact its actually against international law). Not to sound too cynical, but what council in their right mind would “volunteer” for this? A council that does “volunteer” will get a multi-million pound investment, which i assume has to be spent on the facilities. There might be some spare change, but they’re going to have to build it etc.

There is also no guarentee that the construction workers, materials etc will actually come from that area, therefore this won’t necessarily create jobs for the area- although some people might get employed to run it (but still they could commute from outside the council’s domain).

Then there is the negative effect of building such a facility, such as people not wanting to live near radioactive waste, the facility spoiling the view etc.

When you weigh this up, no council would choose to build it.

Its a shame the CORWM decided that sending the waste into outer space was too dangerous (not mentioning the fact its actually against international law).

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