> Russell, if you haven't already, I highly recommend you read Cohen's "The > Nuclear Energy Option". It's available for free on the internet, and I > would > be happy to even send you a hard copy (I happen to have an extra one). Book free and other related downloads here http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc/ Online chapters version. I HATE web books that have separate chapters that can't be accessed as a single unit. The PDF fixed that, fortunately. http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc/book/ In Fig 1 I assume that the caption is meant to reassure rather than horrify. If you are already nuclearphobic this reassuring chapter will very probably make you more terrified :-) http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc/book/chapter6.html Russell -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist