by David Sassoon -
Sep 18th, 2007
The nuclear industry has this amazing hand-out. It's a little card with a small plastic compartment. Inside is a fake nuclear fuel pellet, about the size of a peanut. The card says one pellet provides as much energy as 149 gallons of oil, 1,780 pounds of coal, or 17,000 cubic feet on natural gas. If things were only so simple. This story explains why it's not.
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