I came across this other example of stupidity from Iranian "scientists": http://memri.org/bin/articles.cg...=sd&
ID=SP127506
Yep, incredible. Thanks Thomas.
Well, the Zapper article certainly deals with parazites. However the heavy water article... unbelievable.
1. Having worked in the nuclear industry for umpteen years it's the first time I've heard of "depleted deuterium". Depleted uranium is uranium from which istotopes of U-235 have been removed. Based on this principle "depleted deuterium" is water.
2. Heavy water reactors has been used to produce plutonium in a number of countries, including the USA, USSR, India, Pakistan and, as some people claim, in Israel.
3. "Let's say you build a light-water research reactor, OK? As soon as you want to move from 5% to 20% - in other words, to produce enriched fuel..." I am lost. Why would you need to increase enrichment to the levels that light water reactors do not need? Movement from 5% to 20% does not mean "production of enriched fuel"; it just means higher enrichment levels.
Oh, BTW heavy water can be used in medicine, although I don't think it isued that much. It can be used for imaging and possibly other applications
This is clearly the begginings of another guise of 'we need it for medical research'.
On another topic,
Further to Scientific Medical research:
I suspect the use of heavy water and working at Nuclear Facilities in Iran will actually prevent the onset of Aids.
To my knowledge no person who has been diagnosed as dying of radiation poisioning has later developed Aids.
Aaron
True. But such a person could be used as a lighting fixture in the surgery room. So it is still useful to have them.
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