"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." - Ronald Reagan
Scott Valentine
Los Alamos, NM
USA
Michael A. Vickers
Portland, CT
USA
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Going Green May Mean Going Glowing Green
Wired has an article on how nuclear energy works. The explanation is sufficiently dumbed down for idiots like me.

They throw in an interesting punchline at the end:
The average price for a pound of "yellowcake" uranium in 2004 was $12.61, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Gee, the latest Britney Spears1 CD or a pound of yellowcake.


[1] I used her as an example, of course, to try to generate traffic from search hits.

3 shot(s) from the peanut gallery.
  KO chimed in at 7/12/2005 11:39 AM
So, Gamma rays can for mutations....Dr. David Banner!
  Anonymous erupted at 7/12/2005 6:15 PM
current price is $29.00

http://www.uxc.com/review/uxc_prices.html
  the paperboy bloviated at 7/21/2005 8:21 PM
Nucular Fizzicks 101. Gee Wally, I feel so smart now, I think my head's gonna explode.
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