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What are nuclear reactors and how do they work?
The ultimate embodiment of ‘high risk, high rewards .
Nuclear reactors transform the energy released by decaying, unstable atoms into electricity. We call such atoms ‘radioactive’. This decaying process is roughly the same one that fuels the Sun, only running in reverse. It can release a huge amount of energy, but it also generates radioactive waste products that are extremely harmful to all life if not handled properly.
The nuclear reactor at Reed College is the only reactor in the US staffed by undergraduate students. Installed in 1968, the 250 kW reactor provides a neutron source for research purposes. Image credits Don McCullough / Flickr.
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To the editor:
Our country is falling apart. A close look at many of our major systems like welfare, health care, prison, and unemployment show that they are poorly organized, inefficient, archaic, and much more expensive than they need to be. Our educational system is teaching subversive and divisive concepts like critical race theory, white supremacy and systemic racism. Our national debt is currently about $31 trillion and rapidly growing. We are being swamped by a serious pandemic.
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To the editor:
About two weeks ago, I received what I thought was a funny, although anonymous response from an article I had printed in a local newspaper. The writer congratulated me on the wonderful satirical article I had written and encouraged me to write more. The funny thing was, it wasn’t supposed to be satire and I’m sure the writer knew it!
But, I thought, what the heck; that is kind of a fun idea. So here is some political satire (I hope).
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To the editor:
Americans beware. The passage of the latest COVID-19 stimulus package is just a preview of what is yet to come. To think that both Democrats and Republicans could approve this bill that pays $ billions to foreign countries and special interest groups while Americans starve is reprehensible and there is no doubt that President Trump will be the villain if he vetoes it. In the end, however, it is us, the American people, who are the villains because we keep voting in the same group of corrupt politicians.