Risk Assessment Issue (related to Cousteau's pdf)

Risk assessment is part of every decision to apply scientific discovery to society. Cousteau notes this in his comments on risk analysis about placing nuclear waste in the oceans. Two other examples recently noted are:Should the Italian government permit drilling into the super caldera near Naples? The article reviewed gives the pros and cons of this risky action. The second, should the US government use the salt mine 100 miles North of Las Vegas for a nuclear repository for spent nuclear fuel from around the country? There are two opposing positions to this action as well. (Also covered was the chapter on Public Risk in Cousteau’s book via a pdf file.