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"Landy" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in news:en7l99$jfc$1@news-
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> "Greg Locock" <greglocock@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message 
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>> "Landy" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in
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>>> "Greg Locock" <greglocock@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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>>>> "Landy" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in news:en59h3$rh0$1@news-
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>>>>> "David Moss" <q0320811@mail.connect.usq.edu.au> wrote in message
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>>>>>> In article <en4jub$rl8$1@news-02.connect.com.au>,
>>>>>> dontemailme@all.com writes...
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>>>>>> Isn't geothermal just another kind of nuclear energy?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Well yes, but one is nuclear fission and the other is not.
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>>>>
>>>> Nope. Both are fission. Like it or not.
>>>>

> No it is not - go and look up a physics text and you'll learn the 
> difference.
> Fission is the splitting of the nucleus into two roughly equal halves.
> Alpha and beta decay do not fall into this category.
> cheers
> Bill
> 
> 

I'm sorry, you are right. Alpha and beta decay are distinct from 
fission.

Regards

Greg Locock