Oh for heavens sake.. GET OVER IT!!!

[Bereta_Eder]

Em thinking about that why dont they build it some place else?
suddendly japan sounds very enticing

[Whaleboy]

st_swithin: Good point... I'd far rather nuke Japan than France. Think of all the porn that would be lost . That would be a wholly unacceptable situation. Japan

[Q Classic]

well, don't forget the added benefit of creating GOJIRA 10000 in the aftermath. this time, GOJIRA will be so HUGE that he, like the ANGELS, will be able to STOMP TOKYO-3 in one fell swoop, before heading off to crush SAN FRANCISCO!

[Az]

What dangerous fallout will come out from fusing Deuterium and Tritium?

[Imran Siddiqui]

That's what I thought Az. Fallout from fusion isn't possible, is it?

[st_swithin]

I've heard that you can technically drink a ml of tritium or even heavy water and probably be ok, but I don't know anyone who's ever done it. I don't want to be around any substance that requires the wearing of a dosimeter, that's all. I'm paranoid.

[Az]

I wish we could join. This rocks.

[Q Classic]

well, deuterium is stable. heavy water, however, is poisonous. the extra neutron somehow throws some of the chemistry in the body out of whack.

tritium is radioactive.

but fusion is a lot safer than fission. besides, the amount of power they're going to be getting out of this little box is going to be negligible.

[Q Classic]

dude, if we stuck this thing in israel... you could put a stop to all the violence there. tell 'em if anything happens to it, the entire arab world would vapourize....

[Az]

You sure heavy water is poisonous? I wasn't aware of any serious chemical differences between Deuterium and his younger brother. ( and I sorta should know ).

OMG NO, IT'S HELIUM, WE'LL START TALKING WITH FUNNY SQUEAKING VOICES NOW!!!!

[st_swithin]

Yeah, that would make the US even more popular worldwide than it already is.

[Q Classic]

from what i recall, heavy water is poisonous. not toxic toxic, but it's not something you should be drinking. it's that extra neutron, so...

===

ah, found some sources. so it's not very poisonous, but it's not really that healthy.

http://yarchive.net/med/heavy_water.html

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mheavywater.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_water

[Az]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
dude, if we stuck this thing in israel... you could put a stop to all the violence there. tell 'em if anything happens to it, the entire arab world would vapourize....

We already have the nukes for that.


This raises a question:

Why does Russia, who depends on oil and will probably go bankrupt when Fusion power arrives, participate in this research, while other, powerful, energy resource importing countries, like Australia, China, aren't participating?



This has such amazing consequences that it's funny that noone does this. Actually, it ain't funny. It's VERY VERY sad.

[Q Classic]

actually, china is participating.

[Az]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
from what i recall, heavy water is poisonous. not toxic toxic, but it's not something you should be drinking. it's that extra neutron, so...

===

ah, found some sources. so it's not very poisonous, but it's not really that healthy.

http://yarchive.net/med/heavy_water.html

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mheavywater.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_water

thanks Q^3. never knew this. Chemists use deuterium atoms. They're useful in synthesis process research.