Reply #2: A real person would be troubled by this data:

[losthills]

"The consequences of these actions are many fold. The license approved by the NRC for Atlas will not prevent further groundwater contamination nor clean up the groundwater that has already been contaminated. While the Atlas Corporation has disagreed with certain data, "neither they nor the have disputed the fact that leaching will continue with the proposed action ." A 1998 government study estimated the steady rate of uranium tailing contaminant leakage into the Colorado River at 9,648 gallons per day (6.7 gallons per minute). According to Atlas Corporation personnel, during spring runoff, the river level often reaches the contaminates in the tailings pile. The government report also found that, at normal to low water levels, the bottom of the tailings pile lies only 3-6 meter (10-20 feet) above the underground water aquifer. The report calculated that even if Atlas Corporation's plan is implemented, the highly-contaminated liquid will leak into the Colorado River for approximately the next 270 years. Reed Harris, field supervisor for the FWS's Salt Lake City office stated, "It's important for the public to understand the Service's opinion that capping of the tailings pile as proposed by Atlas will not prevent further groundwater contamination nor, within a reasonable time, cleanup the groundwater that has already been contaminated."

I know I am.

270 years.....