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epiccolemantoday at 4:33 PM2 repliesview on HN

Man you went to a way cooler high school than me. I definitely was not taught anything that would help me understand how a nuclear reactor work.


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erutoday at 7:02 PM

Not even basic thermodynamics?

lstoddtoday at 7:01 PM

having a lab assignment detecting beta-emission from 40-K (potassium-40 salt) is of course unthinkable nowadays. or idk, assembling a interferometer out of a HeNe laser for example. Whoa, no! Kids can get hurt!