Not, as they say, if you send it at night
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Interesting survey results..and look what Gordon said.
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15 years ago
LOL But educate me here, just what fires up a nuclear reactor?
Dave
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15 years ago
A bit of kindling, some newspaper, a box of matches, a few lunches with Sarko and a substantial contract with Areva.
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15 years ago
I understood that as a child, but as I get older, I can't remember the base fuel for a reactor. If I could speak to my brother who worked in that industry, I wouldn't have asked my question. He is in Australia and fast asleep right now :-)
Dave
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15 years ago
Neutrons.
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It is surprisingly difficult to hit the sun with anything. The combination of energy conservation (which speeds the thing up as it falls) and angular momentum conservation (which increases the tangential velocity as the radius decreases) means that a tiny initial error is enough to slingshot it round the sun and off again into an elliptical orbit which - by definition - intersects that of the earth. Oo-er.
Ian
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15 years ago
They come in many flavours, as you well know.
Dave
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15 years ago
Thermal neutrons on the starting handle
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15 years ago
Not a fast breeder then ...
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15 years ago
Bollox,
Its Kryptonite, for sure.
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No, just fast one and slower ones.
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15 years ago
Only if you wear your underpants on the outside
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15 years ago
Nah. Phlogiston.
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15 years ago
not since 1700.
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15 years ago
He did produce 4 children in fast response, does that count :-)
Dave
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15 years ago
I expect it to be mushrooming...
K.