Seeing as westinghouse wants to build ten new nuke plants in the US, all the waste they produce should be stored in their honchos’ basements and backyards.
Ah, literal glowworms!
Yeah, I keep reading/hearing this all over the place.
Since all US submarines are “nuclear” as in nuclear powered it would be nice if someone could be bothered to differentiate between SSN and SSBN. Because, you know, inquiring minds and all that.
Not that it actually matters that much anyway. Yes, okay, it’s a gesture. Posturing.
But since the UGM-133A Trident II (aka Trident D5) has an operational range of more than 12,000 km (7,500 mi)1) you can place the subs they’re on pretty much anywhere in the northern hemisphere and still can hit anything worth hitting. Which, combined with the stealth inherent in a submarine, is the whole point of the system. If you don’t mind all that much about being stealthy and possible sneak attacks you can leave them docked at their home ports.
1) The exact range is classified because, to paraphrase Lazlo Hollyfeld, the military is always so mistrustful.
I think there are some missing images in the archived version here:
Here is the original:
It linked to a paywalled version of this essay by Gunther Anders:
The Rhisotope Project Inserts Non-Lethal Radioactive Seeds Into Rhino Horns to Combat Poaching
It would make it easier to spot contraband rhino horns at airports etc.
However, any guy who is dumb enough to believe rhino horn will help with his, um, performance is also dumb enough to believe that radioactive rhino horn is bound to be even more effective.
No, those are for girls, look at the the box!
The Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity has an exquisite collection of … interesting products:
https://orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/radioactive-quack-cures/index.html
https://orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/consumer/index.html
The Radium Girls is a fascinating book, about the women who painted radium watch dials in the early 1900s. It touches on some of the medical uses as well.
It’s an off-label use!
I’m going to show this to my gastroenterologist at my appointment tomorrow as a possible alternative treatment for my IBD.
Off-label.
ETA
