Letter: ‘West Wing’ full of inaccuracies

Tuesday, April 9, 2002 | 8:49 a.m.

It appears that the "West Wing" writers have pulled, nay, yanked the chains of anti-Yucca Mountaineers. Anyone with a science background would know that depleted uranium cannot fuel a reactor. The greatest danger from depleted uranium would be dropping it on your foot.

Further, transuranics is not the term used for the materials used at Rocky Flats. It is more appropriately used to describe some waste products at the Savannah River Plant. But the fast one they slipped in was the tunnel fire at 1,500 degrees F. Many of us have stainless steel pots and pans and some have gas stoves. Has anyone seen a pot melt on the stove? No, because its melting point is about 2,500 degrees F. And, by the way, has anyone seen a pot corrode through in their lifetime?

The shipping container is 100 times thicker and would get less torment in a year than a pot would in a week. Apparently, even common sense seems to be lacking. Not surprised that you were duped by West Wing's joke. You only listen to what you want to hear in order to get votes by squandering more taxpayer money betting against the sun rising in the morning.

My vote goes to the gaming industry -- at least they seem to understand.

ALFRED MOWERY