tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-08-27:441029 heliumbreath heliumbreath 2010-03-28T03:43:47Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-08-27:441029:572 2010-03-28T03:43:47Z 2010-03-28T03:43:47Z public 1 <p>A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corium_%28nuclear_reactor%29">random bit</a> of flotsam cresting the floodwaters of the font of all knowledge:</p><blockquote>As the material was dangerously radioactive and hard and strong, and using remote controlled systems was not possible due to high radiation interfering with electronics, shooting at it from an AK-47 was used to split off chunks for analysis.</blockquote><p>Although on the balance of things, I'm chuffed not to have to have been there that day, the use of a Kalashnikov as a tool to advance <em>Science</em> isn't something you read about just everyday.</p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=heliumbreath&ditemid=572" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-08-27:441029:458 2009-08-27T04:07:42Z 2009-08-27T04:07:42Z public 0 I am here now, with thanks to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://gothgeekgirl.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://gothgeekgirl.dreamwidth.org/'><b>gothgeekgirl</b></a></span>. This is all for now. Good night, world.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=heliumbreath&ditemid=458" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments