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SocraticGadfly on June 30, 2006 - 10:55am

The AEC proposed another version of this nuttery way back in the early 1970s, (IIRC), to boost the rock flow of conventional oil reserves.

On the Western Slope, many of these people are "downwinders" from Nevada N-Tests; even given the gung-ho attitude of Westerners toward many things, they are NOT going to embrace something like this.

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jim burke on June 30, 2006 - 6:21pm

Exactly. Too many cowbows' kids have had their thyroid glands removed to make them want to go with this option.

Also, who would want to buy radioactive gasoline?

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TrueKaiser on June 30, 2006 - 10:00pm

the same people who think you can handle pure uranium and plutomium with your bare hands?

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