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  4. From: jmc@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy)
  5. Subject: Re: Notch another one up for the Greennazis
  6. In-Reply-To: ems@michael.apple.com's message of Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:39:09 GMT
  7. Message-ID: <JMC.92Nov17160634@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
  8. Sender: news@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU
  9. Reply-To: jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU
  10. Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
  11. References: <1992Nov16.063255.4320@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <JMC.92Nov16001311@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
  12.     <17034@umd5.umd.edu> <1992Nov17.213909.10492@michael.apple.com>
  13. Date: 17 Nov 92 16:06:34
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  16. While we aren't using the plutonium in our spent fuel rods, we aren't
  17. throwing it away either.
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  19. Can any of the nuclear engineers say how much fissionable material there
  20. is between the plutonium and leftover U-235 compared to the original
  21. content of U-235 in the enriched uranium used as fuel?
  22. --
  23. John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
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  25. He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
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