I'm more worried about those @%Gé¼$*! laser ammo that takes a TON of visual place and can't be sold, stacked, or repaired.

I wish I was smart enough to form an interesting and/or valid opinion on nuclear fuel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfJAHASV8k8

Hi Tracy! :D

I really dig that name! :D

Supplementary only, not sustainable. Does the UK even have a sun?

Solar power anyone?

So is taking yourself too seriously.

But while we're on the subject of the future of nuclear, screw uranium. Thorium ftw.

Every known method of energy production and distribution has risk and harmful byproducts. HTFU.

I realize I'm about 3 pages too late,

Let's talk about Depleted Uranium ammo. As someone that happens to be a part of the nuclear power industry, I'm concerned about the public perception of nuclear power, fissile materials, and nuclear waste. I understand the description of DU ammunition in the game is supposed to be in good fun. However, those with no knowledge of what DU actually is may develop a skewed idea of the nuclear industry that could harm it in the long-term. Considering that nuclear power is the future of large scale power generation, this could have a deleterious effect on its development and deployment.

Depleted uranium is a byproduct of the production of nuclear fuel for use in both reactor cores and weapons. The majority of the mass fraction of DU is comprised of U-238, an isotope of uranium that has only trace radioactivity. It has an enormously long half-life, approximately 4.5 billion years, and thus exposure to DU is not dangerous from a radioactivity standpoint. You will not grow extra limbs, glow in the dark, or inherit superpowers from exposure to DU. The "humourous" quip in the description of DU ammunition in-game is in very poor taste. The controversy surrounding DU is simply because it is toxic - like many other heavy metals, it accumulates in the body and can cause organ failure. However, this is not caused by simply handling it, which the in-game description again implies. Most exposure occurs when DU ammunition hits a target and is sheared into fragments by impact, a process called spalling. Very small particles float in the air, are inhaled or enter the mucous membranes, and can indeed cause health issues. But, aerosolization cannot occur in space.

Please consider updating the description of DU ammunition to be more scientifically accurate. Misinformation is toxic.

Thank you.

* Sends Ramona some lovely extra toe ammunition from 1400s *

soooo you work in the nuclear power industry and don't like the description of an in game item that damn near no one ever reads to begin with?

I work in Law Enforcement, I should make an thread telling CCP how wrong their implementation of CONCORD is because they don't read you your Space-Miranda Rights before blowing up your ship........

You have the right to exist in a vacuum. Anything you say can and will expel any oxygen remaining in your lungs. You have the right to simultaneously boil and freeze to death. If you chose to forgo this right, tough *******, it's gonna happen. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you?

soooo you work in the nuclear power industry and don't like the description of an in game item that damn near no one ever reads to begin with?

I work in Law Enforcement, I should make an thread telling CCP how wrong their implementation of CONCORD is because they don't read you your Space-Miranda Rights before blowing up your ship........

Ill take my energy in cube form, thanks

Energon?

I knew it, Ramona is a Decepticon...

I agree completely. Molten salt thorium reactors are the best option.

Also, yay my first troll thread. :D

Not that everywhere has Miranda rights...

I'd say having nuclear power plants blow up now and then and causing entire areas to become uninhabitable has a much more deleterious effect than a humorous description in a video game.

Not that everywhere has Miranda rights...

You have the right to exist in a vacuum. Anything you say can and will expel any oxygen remaining in your lungs. You have the right to simultaneously boil and freeze to death. If you chose to forgo this right, tough *******, it's gonna happen. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you?