Saturday, October 21, 2006
NUCLEAR LETTER - SCOTSMAN
A short Scotsman letter in response to somebody who had said that nuclear power would be dangerous for "10 to 20 times" its half life.
Unfortunately most of the figures have been edited out <> which, while allowing me to hit Mr Shelby hard deprives me of the chance to club him to death.
Unfortunately most of the figures have been edited out <> which, while allowing me to hit Mr Shelby hard deprives me of the chance to club him to death.
In claiming that radioactive waste is dangerous up to 20 times longer than its half life (letter 14th Oct) Mr Shelby is flying in the face of arithmetic.
Because half life means what it says the level of radioactivity halves 20 times in that periodthe radiation Mr Shelby fears would be literally undetectable
