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To: Georgia Girl 2

The laws of physics have not changed ~ the “fissionable” material does degrade ~ which is why we call it “fissionable” and why it has half-lives.


68 posted on 12/29/2010 7:47:52 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

“The laws of physics have not changed ~ the “fissionable” material does degrade ~ which is why we call it “fissionable” and why it has half-lives.”

Yes and the half life is about 10,000 years. We have such a solid state system we don’t have to worry too much. The only way it would be degrading is if it was leaking and we have sensors that monitor for it.


71 posted on 12/29/2010 8:16:20 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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