E-M:/ Earthquake and Dangers of Nuclear Waste Beside Lake

[Kay Cumbow <kcumbow@greatlakes.net>]

Earthquake reminds us of dangers of storing
nuclear waste beside lake
http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/columns-4/1213973424195330.xml&coll=7
Friday, June 20, 2008 

BY KEVIN KAMPS 

AND ALICE HIRT 

Snip: Each of the casks contains 240 to 320 times the long-lasting
radioactivity released by the Hiroshima atomic bomb. We must stop
Palisades from generating any more of these forever deadly radioactive
wastes. We must safeguard and secure what is already piled up on the
beach against accidents, attacks, leaks and even natural disasters such
as earthquakes. 

Snip: ``It's the consequences that might occur from an earthquake that
I'm concerned about. The casks can either fall into Lake Michigan or be
buried in the loose sand because of liquefaction." 

Snip:  Epicentered at New Madrid, Mo., the series of quakes in 1811 and
1812 are estimated to have been around 8.0 magnitude. According to the
U.S. Geological Survey, the probability for an earthquake of magnitude
6.0 or greater in the New Madrid seismic zone is higher than 90 percent
by 2045. 

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[We submitted this opinion-editorial two months ago. I don't know why the
Gazette sat on it for so long. I'm happy they finally ran it today.
---Kevin]


Kevin Kamps
Radioactive Waste Watchdog
Beyond Nuclear
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Takoma Park, Maryland 20912

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