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eric blair on August 22, 2007 - 10:05am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=kerr-mcgee++experimental+fertilizer...

(And is DU useful enough that governments would have an 'enriched uranium disposal problem' just to get sweet, sweet DU for use? Somehow I doubt it.)

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vtfarmer on August 22, 2007 - 8:57pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Eric--

Thank you for the link. Since this occurred back in the 80's, it is difficult to know if such an application would even be made in today's political environment (although I have no doubt these companies still own many politicians). And I agree with your implied message that increasing the use of nuclear is not the answer to our energy problems. As you recognize, we still have not figured out the waste issues (and probably never will), so creating more radioactive waste by building more nuke plants so we can continue the our current unsustainable lifestyle is moronic.

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eric blair on August 23, 2007 - 10:54am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

we can continue the our current unsustainable lifestyle

The 1`st step in system analysis is to look at the limits and understand what, if anything, can be done to address these limits.

I've yet to see the "Ohhh, lets build fission plants!" pimpers talk about other limits, let alone talk about the failure modes.

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