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Won't this be fun ('http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1814646.ece')

Let's pile up highly enriched uranium and let it dissolve in seawater, and settle where it may...

You have to be careful during the enrichment process not to concentrate too much gas (or liquid, depending on your method of enrichment) in one place. You can get a runaway reaction (at the very least causing a local "beaming" accident as has happened at Rocky Flats in the 1960s), or a chain reaction that causes an actual nuclear explosion (if the initial reaction is tamped under sufficient mass that it can't initially explosively dismantle the area where the reaction begins).

This seems to be something that the Russians should be working on, instead of letting it rot, waiting for something incredibly bad to happen.

So we don't need to nuke Russia, it's going blow up it's own nuclear subs for us? :p

I predict an outlook of pussy-footing around the issue, with a light drizzle of not-caring around the central belt.

I predict an outlook of pussy-footing around the issue, with a light drizzle of not-caring around the central belt.

That goes right with the massive apathy front I see moving in.

Rosatom uses the term "uncontrolled chain reaction" for what will occur.

That made me chuckle.

That goes right with the massive apathy front I see moving in.

And a heavy dusting of alpha particles...

Won't this be fun ('http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1814646.ece')

Let's pile up highly enriched uranium and let it dissolve in seawater, and settle where it may...

You have to be careful during the enrichment process not to concentrate too much gas (or liquid, depending on your method of enrichment) in one place. You can get a runaway reaction (at the very least causing a local "beaming" accident as has happened at Rocky Flats in the 1960s), or a chain reaction that causes an actual nuclear explosion (if the initial reaction is tamped under sufficient mass that it can't initially explosively dismantle the area where the reaction begins).

This seems to be something that the Russians should be working on, instead of letting it rot, waiting for something incredibly bad to happen.

Yes, well, the Russians have a whole lot of problems to deal with, so their attention is diverted.

As for me, I really don't care all that much so long as it's under control. What amazes me is that the idiotic rabid anti-nuclear peeps aren't all over this pushing it in everyone's faces and ignoring the fact that--once again--it was the fault of idiots who didn't know what they were doing and that trained people wouldn't make the same mistake.

Won't this be fun ('http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1814646.ece')

Let's pile up highly enriched uranium and let it dissolve in seawater, and settle where it may...

You have to be careful during the enrichment process not to concentrate too much gas (or liquid, depending on your method of enrichment) in one place. You can get a runaway reaction (at the very least causing a local "beaming" accident as has happened at Rocky Flats in the 1960s), or a chain reaction that causes an actual nuclear explosion (if the initial reaction is tamped under sufficient mass that it can't initially explosively dismantle the area where the reaction begins).

This seems to be something that the Russians should be working on, instead of letting it rot, waiting for something incredibly bad to happen.

That's not good...:(

Looks like drinking water near Russian subs is a real bad idea! :D

Looks like drinking water near Russian subs is a real bad idea! :D

I would think that would be a given regardless, considering the state of most Russian submarines...

I would think that would be a given regardless, considering the state of most Russian submarines...

And they are testing new missiles when the submarines are turning their waterways into nuclear lakes. :confused:

And they are testing new missiles when the submarines are turning their waterways into nuclear lakes. :confused:

...Well, in their defense...Nuclear lakes could be a lovley addition to the Russian countryside...

...it was the fault of idiots who didn't know what they were doing

Surely you mean it was the fault of a complete cessation of funds plus the removal of all skilled engineers and technicians; combined with the collapse of the central command/control structure following the self-destruction of the USSR? :p

Historically... the Russians have had nothing but bad experiances with Nuclear things....

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And they are testing new missiles when the submarines are turning their waterways into nuclear lakes. :confused:
Russia has never proven itself to have its priorities straight, usually due to a lack of unity amongst the populace.

...Well, in their defense...Nuclear lakes could be a lovley addition to the Russian countryside...

Oh, yes, especially considering all of the freaking mud in spirng and fall...:(
Surely you mean it was the fault of a complete cessation of funds plus the removal of all skilled engineers and technicians; combined with the collapse of the central command/control structure following the self-destruction of the USSR? :p
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Well, yes, but I thought that much was obvious.

Historically... the Russians have had nothing but bad experiances with Nuclear things....

...What makes you say that? The entire Cold War, Chernobyl...or the weird looking birth mark on Gorbachev's head?

The world has gone too long without a nuclear detonation.

Oh, yes, especially considering all of the freaking mud in spirng and fall...:(


Soon to be Nuclear mud...

"In the best case a small, limited explosion in just one of the stored rods can lead to radioactive contamination in a five-kilometer (three-mile) radius. In the worst case, such a single explosion could cause the entire tank facility to explode. We have no calculations for what that could lead to," Aleksandr Nikitin of environmental group Bellona told Aftenposten.

When your best case scenario is five kilometers of nuclear contamination, you know someone fucked up.

When your best case scenario is five kilometers of nuclear contamination, you know someone fucked up.

If my signature was not already cluttered, I would sig that.

In any case, you're completely and totally correct. This is one of the many situations that could have been avoided and should have been avoided. Sadly, that has not been the case...what Russia really needs is a lot of help from Europe and the United States, but won't get it due to both their distrust of us and ours of them.

So... In the US, you blow up nukes... and in Soviet Russia, NUKES blow up YOU?

So... In the US, you blow up nukes... and in Soviet Russia, NUKES blow up YOU?

hmmm...I thought that would have come sooner..

but the point of a Nuclear Bomb is to blow you up :p

Although...Who dosen't love Russian Reversals?

Not good at all. I expect a nuclear detonation and the Russian government blaming it on the US and thus, nuclear holocaust.

hmmm...I thought that would have come sooner..

but the point of a Nuclear Bomb is to blow you up :p

Although...Who dosen't love Russian Reversals?

But this time it IS an actual reversal.

You have to activate nukes in the US so they blow up. You blow up nukes.

The nukes in USSR don't need to be activated to blow people up. Nukes blow up YOU!

:p

But this time it IS an actual reversal.

You have to activate nukes in the US so they blow up. You blow up nukes.

The nukes in USSR don't need to be activated to blow people up. Nukes blow up YOU!

:p

...My god...You're right Doctor...:eek:

But this time it IS an actual reversal.

You have to activate nukes in the US so they blow up. You blow up nukes.

The nukes in USSR don't need to be activated to blow people up. Nukes blow up YOU!

:p

LOL! True there.

Not good at all. I expect a nuclear detonation and the Russian government blaming it on the US and thus, nuclear holocaust.

Uh, no Corny. Luckily enough, internation relations are not that strained between the U.S. and Russia at the moment. There's no evidence to indicate that any nuclear explosion would be anything more than an accident caused by people who didn't know what the fuck they were doing.

Uh, no Lancaster. Luckily enough, internation relations are not that strained between the U.S. and Russia at the moment. There's no evidence to indicate that any nuclear explosion would be anything more than an accident caused by people who didn't know what the fuck they were doing.

I see sarcasm is lost on some people.

I see sarcasm is lost on some people.
Of course. This is me you're talking to.

Surely you mean it was the fault of a complete cessation of funds plus the removal of all skilled engineers and technicians; combined with the collapse of the central command/control structure following the self-destruction of the USSR? :p

Thats it! We recreate the USSR!

Of course it needs a stable leader Putin (well, autocratic) you is there for life but not of the old soviet namesakes, yet it needs to be known to the russian (plus the rest of eastern europe) people... Czar!

Czar Putin!

Although...Who dosen't love Russian Reversals?

Almost all Russians.

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Won't this be fun ('http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1814646.ece')

Let's pile up highly enriched uranium and let it dissolve in seawater, and settle where it may...
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This seems to be something that the Russians should be working on, instead of letting it rot, waiting for something incredibly bad to happen.
Somehow we'll pay them to clean it up...

I hope to god this thing explodes! We haven't seen a surface explosion in a LONG, long time! :fluffle:

Thats it! We recreate the USSR!

Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC, didn't get to bed last night! On the way the paper bag was on my knee! Man, it was a dreadful flight!

I'm back in the USSR!!!

Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC, didn't get to bed last night! On the way the paper bag was on my knee! Man, it was a dreadful flight!

I'm back in the USSR!!!

Thats the spirit!

Now back making vodka at the potato mines (Imagine: if you could grow potatos so large you had to mine them...).

Thats it! We recreate the USSR!

Of course it needs a stable leader Putin (well, autocratic) you is there for life but not of the old soviet namesakes, yet it needs to be known to the russian (plus the rest of eastern europe) people... Czar!

Czar Putin!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLe6fhBejNI

So... In the US, you blow up nukes... and in Soviet Russia, NUKES blow up YOU?

Damnit! It had already reached page two without someone doing it! And you had to ruin it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLe6fhBejNI

The Great Leader Czar Putin disfavours that.

Damnit! It had already reached page two without someone doing it! And you had to ruin it.

In Soviet Russia, It ruins YOU!

In Soviet Russia, It ruins YOU!

I thought Russians hated those reversals?...:p

I hope to god this thing explodes! We haven't seen a surface explosion in a LONG, long time! :fluffle:

You're enjoying this all too much...

Czarzilla.

You're enjoying this all too much...
Yep. :D

I thought Russians hated those reversals?...:p

Well I'm not Russian so no matter what I do I will still be crushed under the iron heels of the T series tanks.

It not even as if my family came from East Germany (the USSR's official cheerleader!) so I can't use that as my 'Get out of Gulag' card.

Yep. :D

Hey...if this ends up being the end of the world...will you hold me untill Zero Hour?

Hey...if this ends up being the end of the world...will you hold me untill Zero Hour?
Hold you? You mean, ghey buttsecks? sure! :D

Well I'm not Russian so no matter what I do I will still be crushed under the iron heels of the T series tanks.


I believe most Russians will too...

In Soviet Russia tanks Drive you!

Hold you? You mean, ghey buttsecks? sure! :D

...Just don't make this anymore complicated than it already is ok?...:fluffle:

I'll probably be the one driving over you, once I defect of course.

I believe most Russians will too...

In Soviet Russia tanks Drive you!

Most Russians are already ground in the mud.

Hold you? You mean, ghey buttsecks? sure! :D

In Soviet Russia, Hynation buggers YOU!

Most Russians are already ground in the mud.



This is true....

In Soviet Russia, Hynation buggers YOU!

Well...um...actually...

I don't know why they don't just take the uranium and use it in existing nuclear power stations. I mean, it's already enriched and ready to use, right? We're not talking about used fuel rods or anything.

I don't know why they don't just take the uranium and use it in existing nuclear power stations. I mean, it's already enriched and ready to use, right? We're not talking about used fuel rods or anything.

Actually, used fuel rods are exactly what we're talking about. Three concrete containers worth of used nuclear submarine fuel rods apparently gone unstable.