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I doubt copper is a heavy enough nucleus to adequately shield radiation. How about a lead canister?

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Dec 9th, 2008 at 06:30:23 AM EST
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Copper is certainly heavy enough. Even water is. That's why pretty much all radiation shielding in the nuclear industry use water as a shield.

But it is true that the sent fuel is first inserted into a cast iron capsule, which is then inserted into the copper canister.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Wed Dec 10th, 2008 at 12:55:53 AM EST
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