tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post7448986002887375419..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: When Sea Level Rise Meets Nuclear WarThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-9005838911743536662014-12-05T11:34:46.058-08:002014-12-05T11:34:46.058-08:00Will we see a switch to thorium? Or will the war m...Will we see a switch to thorium? Or will the war mongers make sure that uranium continues to be the principal nuclear fuel?Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-91927182151438751622014-12-04T23:05:31.010-08:002014-12-04T23:05:31.010-08:00No, John, the 'half life' is 24,000 years....No, John, the 'half life' is 24,000 years. In 24 millennia the radiation will be half its original power. In another 'half life' or 24,000 that 50% would have been halved again, this time to 25%. What's not discussed in these calculations is the lethality of plutonium-239 and how little it matters whether it's 100, 50 or 25%. It's really vicious stuff.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-42657349869041226902014-12-04T14:43:21.493-08:002014-12-04T14:43:21.493-08:00And then what? Will it be half safe in 12,000 yea...And then what? Will it be half safe in 12,000 years, or do we have to wait another 12,000 years for the next half life to expire?<br />And then what?John' Aghastnoreply@blogger.com