The Human Interference Task Force was a team of engineers, anthropologists, nuclear physicists, behavioral scientists and others convened on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy and Bechtel Corp. to find a way to reduce the likelihood of future humans unintentionally intruding on radioactive waste isolation systems.1
See also
See also
- Hazard symbol – Warning symbol on locations or products
- Long-term nuclear waste warning messages – Messages to deter human intrusion at nuclear waste repositories in the far future
- Ray cat – Proposed nuclear radiation-detecting cat
References
References
- Reducing the likelihood of future human activities that could affect geologic high-level waste repositories (Technical report). Columbus, Ohio, United States of America: Battelle Memorial Institute, Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation. 1984. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
Further reading
Further reading
- Roland Posner (Hg.): Warnungen an die ferne Zukunft – Atommüll als Kommunikationsproblem. Raben-Verlag, München, ISBN 3-922696-65-1
- J. Kreusch und H. Hirsch: Sicherheitsprobleme der Endlagerung radioaktiver Abfälle in Salz. Gruppe Ökologie, Hannover 1984
- Umberto Eco: The search for the perfect language, Wiley-Blackwell, 1995, pages 176–177. ISBN 0-631-17465-6. The Search for the Perfect Language Archived 2021-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Vincent Ialenti: Deep Time Reckoning Archived 2021-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, The MIT Press, 2020, ISBN 9780262539265. Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now Archived 2021-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Thomas A. Sebeok; Communication Measures to Bridge Ten Millennia (Columbus, Ohio: Battelle Memorial Institute, Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation, 1984)
- Sebastian Musch: "The Atomic Priesthood and Nuclear Waste Management - Religion, Sci-fi Literature and the End of our Civilization". Zygon. Journal of Religion and Science, Volume 51, Issue 3, p. 626–639.
- Sebastian Musch: "Hans Jonas, Günther Anders, and the Atomic Priesthood: An Exploration into Ethics, Religion and Technology in the Nuclear Age". Religions 2021, Volume 12, Issue 9. Hans Jonas, Günther Anders, and the Atomic Priesthood: An Exploration into Ethics, Religion and Technology in the Nuclear Age
External links
External links
- Spiegelfeuer (Der Spiegel)
- TU Cottbus - Wissen für die Zukunft (PDF, 527 kB)
- Pandora's Box: How and Why to Communicate 10,000 Years into the Future (Th. A. Sebeok)
- The Trouble with Pictures, first chapter from John Mans "Alpha Beta" (pdf, 105 kB)
- Human Interference Task Force Reducing the Likelihood of Future Human Activities That Could Affect Geologic High-level Waste Repositories. Technical Report, Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation, 1984.
- excerpt from "Deep Time" by Gregory Benford
- Signs of Danger: Waste, Trauma and Nuclear Threat (Peter C. van Wyck)
- "Ten Thousand Years", by Roman Mars, 99% Invisible
- Sebastian Musch: The Atomic Priesthood and Nuclear Waste Management - Religion, Sci-fi Literature and the End of our Civilization
- Sebastian Musch: Hans Jonas, Günther Anders, and the Atomic Priesthood: An Exploration into Ethics, Religion and Technology in the Nuclear Age