The United States is Developing Eco-Friendly Nukes - Your Thoughts?
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Scientific American reported today that the U.S. is developing a new type of arsenal.
*hangs his head in shame*
From the article:
"The "Green" Nuclear Warhead
The RRW1 would also eliminate the need for some of the toxic substances in such weapons, such as beryllium, a light metal that hardens alloys but is also carcinogenic and can cause pulmonary disease. "Because of the release of the weight requirement, we are able to use materials that are heavier but more environmentally benign," Livermore's Goodwin says. "We will be able to eliminate an entire process that produces 96 percent radiological toxic waste that has to be buried and replace it with nontoxic waste that is 100 percent recyclable."
"You replace it with something that quite honestly you could eat and be healthy," he adds. "It is in prosthetic body implants. It's about as biologically benign as any material can be." Because the exact specifications remain classified, however, he was unable to reveal exactly what the benign substance is and its exact purpose in the new weapon."
Your thoughts?
Source:
http://sciam.com/art...3&catID=4
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This topic was started by davidthedrake on April 30th, 2007. 28 grupies have voted on one or more of the 3 answers.
Tags: bombs, eco-friendly, ecology, history, home, nuclear, nukes, outdoors, strange, technology, us, war
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In other news, scientists have recently developed a new cancer made of cotton candy - Coming to a body near you in 2008!
and i thought tumors were tasty before!