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To: Fabozz
I like nuclear power .... I just wish that I had one behind the back yard.
6 posted on 07/18/2003 11:38:18 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
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To: Centurion2000
I like nuclear power .... I just wish that I had one behind the back yard.

There was a kid somewhere who built a nuclear reactor in a metal shed in his back yard...

Here it is... just found it on Google:

The Radio-Active Boy Scout

The whole story of how he did it is really interesting.

49 posted on 07/20/2003 3:23:35 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: Centurion2000
"I like nuclear power .... I just wish that I had one behind the back yard."

Nah, no point. Although the cancer-preventative effects of low-level radioactive exposure—demonstrated by medical studies on airline crews and Denver residents—are highly desirable, nuclear plants simply don't produce enough radioactivity. Your typical nuclear plant releases less radiation than granite buildings like the U.S. and Texas Capitols.

So there's no upside to living next to a nuke plant, and plenty of downside—you'd routinely have to clean the detritus of leftist anti-nuke protesters out of your yard. Who wants that hassle?

52 posted on 07/20/2003 8:02:18 PM PDT by Fabozz
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