tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum) (07/04/86)
> In article <806@bu-cs.UUCP> bzs@bu-cs.UUCP writes: > >Re: boiling removes radioactivity from water?? > >I think the idea of boiling water to remove radioactive contaminants > >is preposterous (I'm curious as to the authenticity of the original > >suggestion.) > >The whole suggestion is absurd (it wasn't Kenneth's suggestion.) > > -Barry Shein, Boston University > I was the original poster of this article. I posted it to net.jokes as > well so that everybody could have a good laugh at how stupid the British > Embassy in Moscow was. It was their suggestion. Their reasoning was > that radioactivity was like something like cholera germs, and could be > killed off by boiling. (Yes it's true). > Paul Anderson. The Bicycle Repairman. (Vive la velorution!) -------------- Actually, it's not totally preposterous. If a radioactive gas was dissolved in the water, boiling the water would cause it to bubble off. -- Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL ihnp4!ihlpg!tan
wcjanzen@watnot.UUCP (Craig Janzen) (07/07/86)
>> >Re: boiling removes radioactivity from water?? >> >I think the idea of boiling water to remove radioactive contaminants >> >is preposterous (I'm curious as to the authenticity of the original >> >suggestion.) >> I was the original poster of this article. I posted it to net.jokes as >> well so that everybody could have a good laugh at how stupid the British >> Embassy in Moscow was. It was their suggestion. Their reasoning was >> that radioactivity was like something like cholera germs, and could be >> killed off by boiling. (Yes it's true). >Actually, it's not totally preposterous. If a radioactive gas was >dissolved in the water, boiling the water would cause it to bubble >off. And then the water could be distilled leaving behind all the solid radioactive waste.
timlee@bnrmtv.UUCP (Timothy Lee) (07/10/86)
> >> >Re: boiling removes radioactivity from water?? > >> >I think the idea of boiling water to remove radioactive contaminants > >> >is preposterous (I'm curious as to the authenticity of the original > >> >suggestion.) > > >> I was the original poster of this article. I posted it to net.jokes as > >> well so that everybody could have a good laugh at how stupid the British > >> Embassy in Moscow was. It was their suggestion. Their reasoning was > >> that radioactivity was like something like cholera germs, and could be > >> killed off by boiling. (Yes it's true). > > >Actually, it's not totally preposterous. If a radioactive gas was > >dissolved in the water, boiling the water would cause it to bubble > >off. > > And then the water could be distilled leaving behind all the solid > radioactive waste. Meanwhile, one is breathing all of that bubbled off radioactive gas...
hoffman@hdsvx1.UUCP (07/17/86)
Concerning the boiling of water to remove radioactivity, Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL writes: > Actually, it's not totally preposterous. If a radioactive gas was > dissolved in the water, boiling the water would cause it to bubble > off. Where? Into my kitchen?! I prefer my room deodorizers to be invisible, even with the lights off. :-) -- Richard Hoffman | "If you take a starving dog from the street Schlumberger Well Services | and make him prosperous, the dog will not hoffman%hdsvx1@slb-doll.csnet | bite you. This is the principle difference PO Box 2175, Houston, TX 77252 | between a dog and a man." -- M. TWAIN
franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) (07/22/86)
In article <288@hdsvx1.UUCP> hoffman@hdsvx1.UUCP writes: >Concerning the boiling of water to remove radioactivity, >Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL writes: >> Actually, it's not totally preposterous. If a radioactive gas was >> dissolved in the water, boiling the water would cause it to bubble >> off. > >Where? Into my kitchen?! Better in the air, where you breathe some of it, than in the water, where you drink all of it. Frank Adams ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka Multimate International 52 Oakland Ave North E. Hartford, CT 06108