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Photo company Kodak has nuclear reactor, enough material for A-bomb

Started by Cain, May 17, 2012, 09:09:04 PM

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Cain

May 17, 2012, 09:09:04 PM
Not even joking

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kodak-reveals-it-had-secret-nuclear-reactor-for-30-years-7754328.html

QuoteThe company that gave us the Instamatic has acknowledged that for 30 years it operated a small nuclear reactor in a basement on its corporate campus in Rochester, New York, unbeknown to almost everyone save a few scientists and engineers.

Kodak, which began operating the device, called a californium neutron flux multiplier (CFX), in 1974, insists there was nothing unsafe about it.

None the less, it came pre-loaded with nearly 1.5kg of uranium enriched up to a level of 93.4 per cent, which is just about right for an atomic warhead.

Goddamn I love living in the future.

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May 17, 2012, 09:13:44 PM
WOW
I am now expecting to find out that Disney World is power by a nuclear reactor.

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May 17, 2012, 09:48:25 PM
Corporations with their own nuclear arsenals. Surprise the future came before you were born!
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May 17, 2012, 09:53:37 PM
More and more it strikes how we are living in a cyberpunk reality.

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May 17, 2012, 10:06:20 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The U.S. is now considering a war with Kodak, unless they promise to dismantle their nuclear program. "Let there be no doubt: America is determined to prevent Kodak from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal," says President Obama.

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May 17, 2012, 11:27:10 PM
Quote from: The 3 wolf moon is a harsh SHUTUP on May 17, 2012, 09:13:44 PM
WOW
I am now expecting to find out that Disney World is power by a nuclear reactor.

Don't be silly.  Disney runs on cold fusion powered by the tears and screams of children.
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May 17, 2012, 11:31:14 PM
Quote from: Lenin/McCarthy on May 17, 2012, 10:06:20 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The U.S. is now considering a war with Kodak, unless they promise to dismantle their nuclear program. "Let there be no doubt: America is determined to prevent Kodak from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal," says President Obama.

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May 18, 2012, 09:29:26 AM
Quote from: Luna on May 17, 2012, 11:27:10 PM
Quote from: The 3 wolf moon is a harsh SHUTUP on May 17, 2012, 09:13:44 PM
WOW
I am now expecting to find out that Disney World is power by a nuclear reactor.

Don't be silly.  Disney runs on cold fusion powered by the tears and screams of children.

You stole my post, right out of my head :argh!:

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May 18, 2012, 09:41:57 AM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on May 18, 2012, 09:29:26 AM
Quote from: Luna on May 17, 2012, 11:27:10 PM
Quote from: The 3 wolf moon is a harsh SHUTUP on May 17, 2012, 09:13:44 PM
WOW
I am now expecting to find out that Disney World is power by a nuclear reactor.

Don't be silly.  Disney runs on cold fusion powered by the tears and screams of children.

You stole my post, right out of my head :argh!:

here's actually been stories going around for years that they capture whole ethnic families and keep them as slaves in a network of tunnels under that place.

Sounds like urban legend, but if Kodak has nukes... :horrormirth:
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July 27, 2012, 02:34:52 PM
I bet the nukes cost as much as the profit of one of their printer ink cartridges :lol:

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#10
August 12, 2012, 05:59:43 PM
Missing the point.

Where the hell did they get the enriched uranium?
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Juana

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August 12, 2012, 07:47:45 PM
I'm getting a 503 error; did the article explain /why/ they have one?
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August 12, 2012, 08:25:53 PM
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

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August 12, 2012, 08:46:01 PM
Extremely.
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August 12, 2012, 09:14:52 PM
Well, if any company was going to develop a nuclear weapon I suppose it makes sense that it is Kodak.   ;)
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