Message posted by lone wolf on October 21, 2004 at 12:37:52 PST:

Amazing what you learn in the newspaper:
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The geology of the mountain is also stable with very few fault lines for water to flow into the water table, which is a slow moving, ancient body of water that is not used by the closest population centers. The area is not prone to earthquakes or vulcanism.
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For a more warm and fuzzy feeling, there is a related article:
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Also, according to DOE, more than 2,700 hundred shipments of high-level nuclear waste have been made without the release of radioactive material since 1965. In that time, there have been four highway and four rail accidents involving nuclear waste.

None resulted in a breach of the cask.
http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=96486
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