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Old 10-23-2007, 12:56 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dalem View Post
The article mentions MOX fuel, which I assume is suitable for fission plants. I don't know if it's suitable for the curent type of nuke plants though.

I think one of the problems is that plutonium, aside from being nuke-a-licious, is also one of the most poisonous physical materials on the planet. Can't fool with it very much and expect to live.

-dale
It also ranks as the heaviest metal (natural occuring) on the perioic table I believe. Given its weight and what it is used for it is not hard to imagine why it is so powerful in size to explosion or implosion comparrison ratio.
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