Misinformation is toxic.

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Oh man. Wait till the physicists start on the antimatter ammunition.

The destruction of such a weapon. STOP PHYSICS NOW....

Misinformation is toxic.

I could send you to the nearest star at pretty decent speed with just one brick of antimatter.

Go on then. I dare ya.

Handling antimatter can actually make you glow you know. (and not only in dark). As I am pretty happy with my current not particularly glowing state I have to, unfortunately, turn down the offer.

It is, however, relatively easy DIY the launch (in theory).

(1) get to orbit (preferably somewhere beyond Jupiter as I kinda still like Earth)
(2) sit in a barrel. one end should be substantially thicker than the other end (not that it will help you much but its the thought that counts).
(3) Point the thinner end towards the nearest star.
(4) Put the brick of antimatter (few kg should suffice for your purposes) behind the thicker end of the barrel. Release the containment field.
(5) Some part of you will be arriving at the nearest star in approx 4 years (if you would have hypothetical observer glued to your head, for outside observers the time might seem a bit longer).

Note that the resulting high energy flash will be sufficient to dissolve all molecular bonds in some radius (depends on what amount of antimatter you are using exactly) which is probably somewhat larger than the barrel you are using. For reference for a regular nuclear explosion in vaccuum the x-ray flash should be able to do in few km radius.

Or you can do it boring way. The controlled reaction of throwing a little bit of antimatter and matter togehter resulting in tiny energy flashes at some interval accelerating and deaccelerating you at relatively safe rates.

Ban Nuclear Ammo

Use only clear, efficient lasers (to burn away unwanted sebiestor filth)

When you say it like that I actually get slightly aroused. We should 1vs1 sometime. You know... if you feel like getting dirty that is.

Random stuff

Misinformation is toxic.

Even Neil DeGrasse Tyson isn't this anal. It's only misinformation if it's stated as fact. Since it's a game, ie fictional, it's not being stated as fact, therefore it's not misinformation. It is, in fact, fiction, just like spaceships and warp drives.

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

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Also, yay my first troll thread. :D

Also, yay my first troll thread. :D

Considering that nuclear power is the future of large scale power generation, this could have a deleterious effect on its development and deployment.

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.

"Science" has a very limited comprehension and understanding about the long term effects of radiation.

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.

I demand cancer warnings on UV and X-Ray crystals!

In fact, recent studies have shown that it is safer to work in a nuclear power plant than an office.

Nuclear power plants have offices too.....

It is impossible for a reactor to explode like a nuclear weapon; these weapons contain very special materials in very particular configurations, neither of which are present in a nuclear reactor.

Nuclear energy is as safe or safer than any other form of energy available. No member of the public has ever been injured or killed in the entire 50-year history of commercial nuclear power in the U.S. In fact, recent studies have shown that it is safer to work in a nuclear power plant than an office.

Today, 436 reactors are operating in 31 countries, generating about 15 percent of the worldGÇÖs electricity. Fifty reactors are under construction, primarily in China, South Korea, and Russia, with the fastest growth in Asia. India, France, and Finland also are building new plants. And that's only the reactors that are generating commercial power. There are many more in labs around the globe.

As for the occasional accident, let's take the most well-known of three, total. A Chernobyl-type accident could not have happened outside of the Soviet Union because this type of reactor was never built or operated anywhere else. The known fatalities during the Chernobyl accident were mostly emergency first responders. Of the people known to have received a high radiation dose, the increase in cancer incidence is too small to measure due to other causes of cancer such as air pollution and tobacco use. There was virtually no divergence from the mean cancer rate in the USSR following that incident.

The area is not uninhabitable. It was originally declared an exclusion zone due to the incident. It only remains one for scientific study on the long term effects of residual radiation in the area.

You might have thousands of square kilometers to spare in the US and maybe radiation would help some of your rednecks to evolve into human beings, but over here in good ol' Europe I'd rather not have a baguette get stuck in the cooling system of a french reactor next door...

Welcome, throwaway forum alt. Did you know that France gets 75% of its electricity from nuclear power? They have a pretty good track record for it too.

I live in Australia, not the US. I used the US as a reference because they are the best example of excellent and safe application of nuclear power, given that they've used it more than anyone else and have more plants than anyone else.

I think you'll find that nuclear power is very easy to be afraid of, and that fear drives a lot of the subjective validation that causes you to believe the misinformation spread by companies that want to squeeze every last dollar/euro/ruble they can out of fossil fuels. I'm afraid, though, that what you want is irrelevant to what we need, so you'd better brush up on that nuclear power knowledge so you can stop being afraid because I promise you, nuclear power is coming.

If you're worried about safety, I recommend looking into liquid fluorine thorium reactors.

It is impossible for a reactor to explode like a nuclear weapon

you know what this thread is leading to people......

Mandatory legal notices on everything. Disclaimers up the wazoo:

"Do not try to eat your dominix. The ship, it's fittings, or any other part of said superstructure are not meant for human consumption. CreoDron cannot be held liable for injury, loss, or death following from Dominix consumption. Please refer to the general terms and conditions, clause 23 paragraph B for further reasons why you're a deranged puppy that needs to be explained things like this"

Save New Eden before it's too late! Before dey tuk ar gunz!

Duk-A-DUR!

I never said that.

If I could eat pixels I'd die from congestive heart failure by age 25 after repeated visits to porndaily.

Solar power anyone?

Solar power anyone?

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.

Boy, you asked for it

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/

This is a joke right? For someone working in that field you are horribly uninformed. The controversy about DU is not simply because its toxic... more because of this:

The children of basra 1

The children of basra 2

The children of basra 3

That's a result of chemical toxicity. Not radiological.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium#Chemical_toxicity

A teratogenic hazard. http://www.ehjournal.net/content/4/1/17

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?

So you are concerned about Uranium ammunition getting a (even more) bad reputation?

Original:
Medium Projectile Ammo. Very commonly used by Minmatar pilots, this ammo is incendiary and also has great penetration. Just be careful handling it unless you want to wake up with an extra toe on your forehead.

Corrected:
Medium Projectile Ammo. Very commonly used by Minmatar pilots, this ammo is incendiary and also has great penetration. Just be careful handling it unless you want to wake up with gulf war syndrome. May include but is not limited to: chronic fatigue/Headache, Memory problems, muscle pain, Diarrhea, Neurological problems, terminal tumors, respiratory problems, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic multi-symptom illnesses, skin conditions and Arthritis.

I like the original better, it's a bit less depressing.

Solid 9/10.

Would read again.

<3

This man gets it. Would also accept he3 fusion.

P-B11 fusion would be better. There's no terrestrial source of He-3, but there's plenty of B-11.

Had a bet about witch dev had posted in the thread.

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.

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........

I think Falcon would technically be a warlock, not a witch.

You might have lost you bet afterall.

Energon?

I knew it, Ramona is a Decepticon...

Autotrolls, roll out!!

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Did you use the word 'science' in inverted commas to indicate you think the science is making stuff up?

Because, there are over two million articles here that suggest science has more than a 'very limited comprehension and understanding of the long term effects of radiation'.

You should read more of Falcon's postings

Hah, just won 50mill cause of you.
Had a bet about witch dev had posted in the thread. ( like there was ever any doubt)

If anything, you have become even more of a forumwhore after becoming a dev

I love you too