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5. Safer than others is not good enough.

Sun Jan 22, 2017, 05:49 PM

Jan 2017

They have to be perfectly safe, and we know they're not. Fixing that will require some changes and commitments I don't think we're ready to make.

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Spontaneous separation of californium and curium. [View all] NNadir Jan 2017 OP

Didn't really understand about 99% of this but, dhol82 Jan 2017 #1

Thanks. It is really cool. Actually... NNadir Jan 2017 #3

It sounds like very exciting work! dhol82 Jan 2017 #6

Once we learn to safely manage PWRs, maybe we can get more exotic. HassleCat Jan 2017 #2

Safer than others is not good enough. HassleCat Jan 2017 #5

I'm not a scientist. HassleCat Jan 2017 #9

Sadly, that doesn't sound like it's going to happen any time soon dhol82 Jan 2017 #7

34% Curium is kind of mind-blowing. eppur_se_muova Jan 2017 #12