Usually 97%+ Hydrogen, 2.5%+ Helium,.5% other stuff
Ok, add the mass of the whole earth to the sun...
The reaulting mix would be somewhere around 97%+ Hydrogen, 2.5%+ Helium,.5% other stuff... The sun is really really big!!! So I wouldn't worry about changing how fast the suns fussion is... At least as far as we can change it.
The laws of gravity tell us that the Hydrogen, Helium, and other elements would be attracted to the more massive element.
You must have been taught a different physics than me. The mass of an object does not determine how much things are attracted to each other due to gravity. Remember the feather and hammer that was dropped on the moon? Now chemically, the hydrogen could combine with the plutonium etc. But considering the heat of the sun, it all becomes a plasma anyway. Makes you wonder what the electrons are doing...
As far as the discussion...
I agree with several other slashdotters, Store it at Yucca as a TEMPORARY solution. Continue to work on the glassification, breeder, or any number of other solutions until we find one that most everyone feels comfortable with. Unfortunatly it may take 100,000 years for that to happen. At least all of the material is in 1 place, and can be guarded better. All you have to do is put it in a cave that is properly engineered and put a huge door on it that requires several big pieces of machinery to move. Then post a few guards. If anyone comes in to move it, call in the army... They'd have lots of time to get there. But, this has to be a temporary solution... Less than 100 years.
I for one vote for putting it into centrifuges and make something usefull out of it again.
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Sounds like a plausible source for the big foot legend.
Usually 97%+ Hydrogen, 2.5%+ Helium, .5% other stuff
Ok, add the mass of the whole earth to the sun...
The reaulting mix would be somewhere around 97%+ Hydrogen, 2.5%+ Helium, .5% other stuff... The sun is really really big!!! So I wouldn't worry about changing how fast the suns fussion is... At least as far as we can change it.
The laws of gravity tell us that the Hydrogen, Helium, and other elements would be attracted to the more massive element.
You must have been taught a different physics than me. The mass of an object does not determine how much things are attracted to each other due to gravity. Remember the feather and hammer that was dropped on the moon? Now chemically, the hydrogen could combine with the plutonium etc. But considering the heat of the sun, it all becomes a plasma anyway. Makes you wonder what the electrons are doing...
As far as the discussion...
I agree with several other slashdotters, Store it at Yucca as a TEMPORARY solution. Continue to work on the glassification, breeder, or any number of other solutions until we find one that most everyone feels comfortable with. Unfortunatly it may take 100,000 years for that to happen. At least all of the material is in 1 place, and can be guarded better. All you have to do is put it in a cave that is properly engineered and put a huge door on it that requires several big pieces of machinery to move. Then post a few guards. If anyone comes in to move it, call in the army... They'd have lots of time to get there. But, this has to be a temporary solution... Less than 100 years.
I for one vote for putting it into centrifuges and make something usefull out of it again.