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When I was growing up in the former USSR, we used to sometimes enter the decommissioned parts of a nuclear plant / research station. One day we found what was
by powertower 15y ago
When I was growing up in the former USSR, we used to sometimes enter the decommissioned parts of a nuclear plant / research station.
One day we found what was a deuterium/water solution ("heavy water") in a storage locker and took several gulps of it to prove something stupid.
Beat that!
- ohashi 15y agoI'd rather not. You win.
- troels 15y agoheavy water is not really toxic, is it?
- derleth 15y agoIf it had already been used as a reactor coolant, or was from some other industrial processes, it could be more radioactive than you would like it to be. Otherwise, no, unless you get enough of it to saturate your tissues and cause problems due to it being denser than your biochemistry evolved to expect water to be.
- bane 15y agoDid it taste like anything?
- powertower 15y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_water http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_water An early experiment reported not the "slightest difference" in taste between ordinary and heavy water; on the other hand, rats given a choice between distilled normal water and heavy water were able to avoid the heavy water based on smell, and it may be possible that it has a different taste.
- cynwoody 15y agohttp://lana-sator.livejournal.com/160176.html#cutid1 http://lana-sator.livejournal.com/160176.html#cutid1