Re: Nuclear power far from clean <http://WWW.HyperInfo.CA/~LivingAtom/>

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From: Garry W
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 00:00

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"GS.Sunatori" <GS.Sunatori@NOSPAM.POTENTIUM.CA> wrote:
>I kind of remember from my high-school days that the nuclear fission 
>is heating up the interior of the Earth.  Has it been proven, or is it 
>still a speculation?

Almost right. Current theory says that it's radioactive *decay* (one *could*
think of that as very slow weak fission) that generates the heat.

It's real tough to "prove". Gotta dig a big hole.

garry

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