https://lithoguru.com/life/?p=37 Musings of a Gentleman Scientist Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 https://lithoguru.com/life/?p=37#comment-447 Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-447 Your ‘nuclear physicists per capita’ is a little outdated. In the early 1980’s, the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS – aka "Whoops!") defaulted on bonds to build its next reactor. This, combined with cuts in energy funding, sent many of the nuclear physicists to Los Alamos, academia or other industries. Now, it’s more full of environmental engineers who are concerned with cleaning up the residue from Plutonium production.

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