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Does anyone else here notice the wonderful reporting "neighbors have mixed feelings on nuclear reactor". Yes, most people will be terrified to know that there i
by GrandMasterBirt 16y ago
Does anyone else here notice the wonderful reporting "neighbors have mixed feelings on nuclear reactor". Yes, most people will be terrified to know that there is a nuke-of-sorts being built next door. Few know that nuclear reactor != the same stuff used for the a-bomb and Chernobyl. So yes, people have mixed reactions. I wonder how many people are actually aware of the difference between Fusion and Fission.
The reactions are: They don't understand WTF the guy is doing, and therefore think they got a nuke in the backyard. Or. Yay we don't need no stinkin' oil.
- ScotterC 16y agoConflating nuclear weapons and nuclear power is one thing that I will never forgive my parent's generation for. To nit pick however. An A-bomb and Chernobyl are also completely different. Chernobyl was a graphite moderated reactor which means it does not have a negative void coefficient (unlike American light water reactors) but has fuel with about 5% U-235. An A-bomb requires about 90% U-235 to sustain a chain reaction. I can nit pick this a lot further but that's the general gist.