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Lawrence D. Weiss

Lawrence D. Weiss

University of Alaska Anchorage professor emeritus of public health

COMMENTARY

What nuclear microreactors have in common with conventional reactors: Risks and waste

By: - December 5, 2022

Here’s a swell idea. We’ll bury a bunch of nuclear bombs on the North Slope right near the Chukchi Sea, detonate them and create an artificial harbor. Not really sure how it will affect people, animals, plants or water in the area…but we’ll find out afterwards. This was seriously advocated in the late 1950s and early 1960s […]