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NNadir

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12. We're not brothers. I have no brotherhood with people unfamiliar with the contents of science...

Reply to sylvanus (Reply #11)

Wed Jun 1, 2016, 11:40 PM

Jun 2016

...books.

Having spent the last thirty years in close study of nuclear technology in the primary scientific literature, I'm disinclined to be amused by childish platitudes that the issuer incorrectly conflates with wit.

Have a nice day tomorrow.

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Foreign Correspondent: Into the Zone- Fukushima, Japan [View all] nationalize the fed May 2016 OP

Really? Seven million people die each year from nuclear power? NNadir Jun 2016 #1

You are of course, correct. Fukushima is the gold standard when it comes to demonstrating... truebrit71 Jun 2016 #2

Agreed. The loss of life was extremely low for the reactor. As the Nobel Laureate Burton... NNadir Jun 2016 #3

Of course there's always that pesky question about what to do with... truebrit71 Jun 2016 #4

Not really. First of all, they're not all that deadly, having killed no one. Fossil fuel... NNadir Jun 2016 #5

So I assume you'll be jumping on the phone and having them drop off all the spent rods... truebrit71 Jun 2016 #6

I couldn't care less where they go. I would be perfectly happy to have a nuclear fuel... NNadir Jun 2016 #7

I'm sure TEPCO will be thrilled, you know, because for some unimaginable reason... truebrit71 Jun 2016 #8

Well, although dumb people couldn't care less, TEPCO's fuel didn't kill anyone whereas the fossil... NNadir Jun 2016 #9

So that's a yes then, for the totally non-dangerous, water to be delivered... truebrit71 Jun 2016 #10

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All Sanders supporters, or just the ones that blow holes in your pro-nuclear bullshit? truebrit71 Jun 2016 #14

My lovely fool of a brother sylvanus Jun 2016 #11

We're not brothers. I have no brotherhood with people unfamiliar with the contents of science... NNadir Jun 2016 #12