[TheForge] Hellooooooo!

[Todd Rich]

On Mon, 8 May 2006, Demon Buddha wrote:

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>
> Darrell wrote:
>> Uranium has a half life of 704million years.
>
> 	That's 235.  238 is 4.51 billion years, not that that makes any 
> practical difference. :)
>
>> Unless you build your
>> entire house out of it with at least 6 foot thick walls it would probably 
>> not be hazardous to you.
>
> 	I wouldn't go that far.  You would not want to go walking around with 
> a hunk of 238 in your pocket.  Your parts wouldn't like it very much after a 
> while.

I'll make you a deal.  Buy me 1 pound of depleted uranium and (assuming it 
isn't already painted) let me paint it and I'll carry it around in my 
pants pocket for at least 6 months. 
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>> It is the stuff with the very short half life that can be harmful if not 
>> handled properly. We already have the technology to do that.
>
> 	As I said, technology isn't the major problem.  People are.

So the French don't have people problems?  They are running a large chunk 
of their power off of nuclear plants and reprocessing the fuel and 
vitrifying the waste.