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From: greg@sce.carleton.ca (Greg Franks)
Subject: Re: solar cells
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References: <1990Dec31.171413.18138@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> <1990Dec31.220520.27738@zoo.toronto.edu> <37448@cup.portal.com> <1991Jan2.015717.23554@amd.com> <37487@cup.portal.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 91 15:27:33 GMT

In article <37487@cup.portal.com> Ordania-DM@cup.portal.com (Charles K Hughes) writes:
>  Nuclear poisons can't be broken down by us.  They will decay over time,
>but since we can break down chemical poisons it makes no sense whatsoever
>to create nuclear ones.

Yes we can.  We only do it at the present time with the more
interesting elements for power generation and weapons.  I have long
since forgotten what the fission products of U238 and Pu239 are.


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