Very Interesting. I have an old U.S. Atomic enery commission book titled THORIUM an the third fuel. by Joseph M. Dukert. Library of congress catalog card...
Agreed Craig. I have a book from the 1970s that discribes this well, In fact there where several reactors that experimented with thorium Peach bottom...
LOL but ours is a superfund site, and everyones blaming me!! LOL some more. Akali is a bitch and most likely the most hazardous stuff on the site, To bad they...
Great photo's, phony story. There are actually tours of Chernobyl, but motorcycles are not allowed. The helmet was brought along for the photo. Wait for the...
Dumb question, how could a magnet kill when ingested? Wouldn't there be symptoms early on that would tell something was wrong? (like the kid sticking to the...
It has been my experience as a parent and grandparent that no matter what you do to protect a child, they will find a way to get hurt anyway. They can't grow...
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:02:55 -0700 "Boomologist" ... Most cases of "magnet induced bowel obstruction" involve *two* magnets, which are in different parts of...
WOW! Talk about getting lost in the mail. I sent this email on June 13th and it just now showed up. (Or am I missing something?) Email is getting almost as bad...
I'm not surprised. I never see half of my own posts, although the posts will immediately appear in the archives. I just chalk it up to rampant incompetence on...
Hi all, One of the decay chain products of Thoron emits a whopping 8.78 MeV alpha particle. Much higher energy then any of the Radon daughters (max. is 7.68...
Would like to thank those who helped me track down the problem with this CDV-700, Special thanks to GEOelectronics, K0FF. He was right, the problem was 1250...
I just read that imaging air cerenkov telescopes are calibrated (eg in the 100 GeV range) with the Crab Nebula. No NRC license required :-) Not metric either....
This is rather short notice, but if anyone is interested, this e-Bay auction - Item number: 330001407183 - has a Science and Mechanics magazine, October 1958,...
What is the goal of this? To determine Th? Geo ... fed ... more ... charge ... larger ... filter ... electrode ... to ... to ... (exact ... should ... detect ...
... thanks Charlie... The project seems nicely presented. The Velleman kit GC is way too expensive and RS no longer shows the one-line LCD part as something ...
Hi Bill, Did you see my post # 20989? I could do you one that will log to an SD flash memory card (That will fit in a pendrive size USB reader)if you want to...
If any list member has a newish PC that is running Windows XP, I've got a technical question for you. (actually, it is more like a mini-project, but I...
Opening a new physics wing at GEOelectronics. (Ok, so I got another card table, OK?) Interested in some RF testing equipment, optical bench components and...
I just ran the test, and indeed GWBASIC didn't seem to be able to even open the serial port. This is on a machine with two real serial ports, so the USB/serial...
Tracy, I'd talk to the dept. heads at each school and see if credits/classes are tranferable between programs. That way you'll know for sure. Sounds like it...
Robert, Thanks for the tip on the PIC scaler. Nice job! Now I have an excuse to get started with the PIC! Cheers, Charlie W5CDT ... scaler ... the ... serial...
As I recall after Win 95 Microsoft stopped letting you have direct access to the serial and parallel ports. Instead you have to call some sort of "API" and...
... I have written lots of old BASIC programs that pulse the old DB-9 serial port (such as, random pulse generators, timers/alarm clocks, etc.). Nearly all of...
... changing paths. Consider "RSO" roles. Also anything with local n-power plants. Look for licensees (probably public record) near you; or whereever you ...
In the latest installment of my quest for a working scintillometer, my probe was damaged during shipping. The probe is a Bicron SPA-2 (2"x2" NAI probe)....
FW: Danger from radiation 'is exaggerated' Interesting article ... ... http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?t578852120&f=274 The Times July 10, 2006 Danger...
Is there an actual, *peer reviewed* professional scientific paper associated with this story? <pb> -- Nesciamus, non attingamus On Sun, 9 Jul 2006 22:55:36...
