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Life pro tip for friends of pharmacists (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 18 points 8 months ago (5 children)

i wonder if hearing people talk about radiation as though it's an infection that can spread from person to person makes other nuclear enthusiasts twitch as much as it makes me...

or hearing someone imply that any nuclear reactor can explode in exactly the same manner that an atomic bomb does "by accident".

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    talk about radiation as though it’s an infection that can spread from person to person

    It kind of does if you practice cannibalism!

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    You enrich uranium through centrifugation.

    I enrich uranium through bioaccumulation.

    We are not the same.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    AARRRRG, that one hurt.
    Enriching is about isotopes of the same element.
    You know elements? The things that have the same chemical property?

    The whole challenge of enrichment is that you want to separate atoms by mass alone, and the difference is <2%. Nobody would build many expensive centrifuges if there was another way.

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