Gordy, it seems as though you take issue with dry casket storage.  I look
forward to discussing nuclear records topics with you in Chicago.
Dost thou plan to attend the Utilities Roundtable on Saturday afternoon?

Best regards, Steve
Steven D. Whitaker, CRM
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Gordy Hoke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Jesse Wilkins writes:
>
> - There is a substantial assumption here about the availability of
> hardware,
> >writers, readers, and media over time. USB is good but I have my doubts
> >about its availability 500 years from now
>
> At one time (and I assume this is still true), Norsam's ion beam wrote to
> a titanium (now nickel) disk in digital code, analog letters, or both.  The
> idea was that if the digital became unreadable in 500 years (very likely,)
> "all" you would need to read the analog would be a really good, possibly
> electron, microscope.  Hopefully, electron microscopes, or something with
> similar functionality, will be available then.  It's not the "flashlight
> and magnifying glass" of microfilm, but it is relatively stable as a medium.
>
> As far as I know, etching analog in hard metal is the best hope we have of
> labeling the above-ground, dry cask, nuclear waste storage containers our
> power companies are creating.  The dangerous half-life of the spent
> plutonium fuel rods is around 10,000 years, according to usually reliable
> sources.
>
> Looking forward to seeing y'all in Chicago,
>
> Gordy
> Gordon E.J. Hoke, CRM
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