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Old 01-26-2008, 08:42 AM   #35 (permalink)
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Default Nuclear waste

It turns out that nuclear waste is actually blue, not green, due to Cherenkov Radiation. I assume this only happens when the waste is immersed in water, I would guess it's normally a boring metallic grey.

Wired has a cool picture.
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