I Did Not Know That...

When you work in the nuclear industry, sometimes it's easy to forget that much of the data we deal with every day isn't exactly common knowledge. That's why it's important to remind folks that one gram of uranium contains the energy equivalent to 6,000 pounds of coal, or that the natural nuclear reactor at Oklo has a lot to teach us about isolating nuclear materials over very long periods of time.

UPDATE: And don't forget what we know about safety.

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