All worthy topics for discussions and planning.

I hate paper...
Best regards, Steve
Steven D. Whitaker, CRM
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 10:48 AM, ghoke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  Steve, it's not the casks, themselves, that concern me.  My concern is
> records management: how do you maintain a viable inventory for 10,000
> years.  How do you label the casks so our descendents (who almost certainly
> won't speak any 21st Century language) know the contents are still
> dangerous?  Skull and crossbones?
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> Gordy
> Gordon E.J. Hoke, CRM
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> On 8/24/2012 6:33 PM, Steve Whitaker wrote:
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> 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?
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>  On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Gordy Hoke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> 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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