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Giant Laser Transmutes Nuclear Waste

Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 20, 2003 @09:00AM from the two-steps-back dept.

paulnuyu writes "NewScientist is reporting that scientists have transmuted nuclear waste with the Vulcan Glass Laser, cutting iodine-129's half-life from 15.7 million years down to just 25 minutes (as iodine-128). The advance is remarkable, but not practical: the laser would need power from a number of power plants to transmute the waste produced from just one nuclear plant."

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All this talk about a Vulcan class Laser by ike6116 · 2003-08-20 09:06 · Score: -1, Troll

Sure, it can eliminate nuclear waste, but can I run linux on it?
Sorry, couldn't resist.

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Vulcan transmution nothing new by Anonymous Coward · 2003-08-20 10:02 · Score: -1, Troll

Hell, that's nothing. Every time I watch Enterprise on UPN, that T'Pol Vulcan hottie transmutes my penis from a flacid state to fully erect! No external energy sources needed, either!