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Comment Re:Honestly... (Score 3, Funny) 396

There are so many cues in verbal communication that come from tone, cadence, and other aspects I'm missing, that are nearly impossible to communicate through text, it's not even a close race.

Keanu Reeves being the exception of course. [/sarcasm]

Comment Re:Waste Product? (Score 1) 314

"Originally reprocessing was used solely to extract plutonium for producing nuclear weapons. With the commercialization of nuclear power, the reprocessed plutonium was recycled back into MOX nuclear fuel for thermal reactors." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reprocessing

"Over the course of 20 years, Chien Wai, a University of Idaho chemistry professor, has developed a process that uses supercritical fluids to dissolve toxic metals. When coupled with a purifying process developed in partnership with Sydney Koegler, an engineer with nuclear industry leader AREVA and University of Idaho alumnus, enriched uranium can be recovered from the ashes of contaminated materials." http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080821213606.htm

You might also want to look into Partitioning and Transmutation

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