Oh Dear: Blair backs nuclear power plans

[DaveB]

I think the holes are still there.

As a matter of interest:
Most were producing long after Maggie went, just without so many men. Look up Long Wall Mining you will see how the workforce can be reduced and production can be increased. I worked for a firm that made the kit, wicked stuff writing software for real tonka toys.

Nope, there are 6 deeps mines still in production today and 2 of those are marked for closure. In a previous life I worked in the Govt regulatory body that runs whats left of the coal industry and it's legacy, and belive me once a mine is closed it can never be reopened. The shafts are filled and the tunnels below ground collapse within a few months. The method of mining itself means that the mine workings themselves are inherantly unstable away from the main roads and working faces and even they require constant maintenance to keep them operating.

[Swamp Thing]

The waste is to be vitrified and buried in deep UK mines. Problem solved.

That'll be right on top of your pad, eh Lucifer?

[Gold Dalek]

It has to go critical or nothing much happens...

Would have thought a Dalek would know that...

You're 1st on my list Gumby

You KNOW what I meant

[DaveB]

You're 1st on my list Gumby