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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 12:51 AM
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Should I buy the home a Nuclear Reactor?
I was thinking, save on power bills, build a nuclear reactor in the back yard

Whaddya think?
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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 12:56 AM
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1. That depends.
Do you live in an earthquake or storm-prone area? Do you have a safe place to store the spent fuel rods? Do you have nuclear scientists and technicians to run the reactor properly? You will want to answer these questions before you purchase.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 12:58 AM
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2. Well yeah, I live in California
And the spent rods, I was thinking about dumping them all in a river somewhere in Big Sur

Scientists and technicians? I don't need those! I'm 'Murican and I can do anything I want. I don't need any of that science stuff!

And I was thinking if things get hairy, I'll just dump the waste in the bay
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 01:09 AM
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4. I thought you were kidding, but now that I see you have a comprehensive plan
for all contingencies, I think you should go for it.

I think we live in the same state - do you mind if I run a really long extension cord over to grab some of your leftover power? (Obviously, I'd duct tape it down to avoid a tripping hazard...)
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 12:32 PM
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5. Sure! And also make sure there's no casing on the copper wire
That stuff is made from plastic, so for the ecology's sake leave it uncased
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 01:07 AM
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3. Just say no to fission!
Fusion on the other hand...



:bounce:
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 12:33 PM
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6. Isn't it my natural right? To have a large nuclear reactor?
What kind of nanny stater are you!?!?!?!?!?
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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 01:05 PM
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7. Nobody will sell me the plutonium.
What's with that?
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 01:28 PM
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8. I think you have to mine for plutonium
Edited on Mon May-09-11 01:31 PM by Taverner
Thankfully, I got a DIY kit from Precious Roy's shopping network.



Crescent fresh!
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freshwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 12:51 AM
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23. No mining required. Open your smoke detectors. That's the home variety.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 03:58 PM
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9. That'd kick butt on Spare The Air days
'specially in winter when all your poor, fireplace-deprived neighbors are shivering while you bask in slightly radioactive comfort. :P
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 06:40 PM
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15. Ann Coulter says radiation is safe - so why not use the fuel rods to heat my bathtub?
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 12:14 AM
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20. If you make a griddle from the nuclear waste, you can save money when frying your morning eggs!
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 04:09 PM
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10. DIY. How frickin hard could it really be?
(1) Put ad for uranium ore on Craigs list
(2) Build yourself a big old barn, like Marie Curie had:
http://www.chemteam.info.nyud.net:8090/Gallery/Radium-Shed-2.GIF
(3) Separate the uranium from ore in barn
(4) Order a bunch of big tanks of fluorine gas
(5) Spray fluorine gas on uranium to made uranium fluoride
(6) Put uranium fluoride in buckets and swing buckets around head to enrich uranium
(7) Make fuel from enriched uranium
(8) Assemble almost critical masses of enriched uranium into hot piles
(9) Pour water on hot piles of uranium to make steam
(10) Use steam to run steam-powered lightbulbs
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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 04:15 PM
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11. Ummm . . .
You do know how Marie Curie died, right?
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 04:22 PM
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13. Oh, foo! Anybody, who is willing to spray fluorine gas on uranium metal, won't worry much
about the possibility of contracting radiogenic cancer twenty or thirty years from now
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 06:40 PM
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14. And besides, I could hire someone at minimum wage to do that!
Sounds like a plan!
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 10:47 PM
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17. Shot to death in bed at age 90...
...by the jealous wife of her 22-year lover.



Or so says Wikipedia.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 12:13 AM
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19. Here's a link!
Death of Marie Curie
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freshwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 12:41 AM
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22. I'm so glad to have that verified! That's exciting, too.
Edited on Fri May-13-11 12:41 AM by freshwest
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 12:25 AM
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21. I think you forgot a step
Yellin' "hey, y'all, watch this!" needs to be in there somewhere, duzzint it?
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Moondog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 04:16 PM
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12. Absolutely. What could go wrong?
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Zorra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 09:27 PM
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16. New, safer technology has made them obsolete.
You can't hardly find fuel for them anymore.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 10:48 PM
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18. *checks profile*
I'm 3,000 miles down-wind. Knock yourself out!



:popcorn: :nuke: :woohoo:
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