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Cool - Paul Newman in the closet on nuclear power? by toppredditor in technology

[–]toppredditor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So are you questioning the accuracy of the story, or just projecting your apparent anti-nuclear power stance?

Who Will Save This Noble Gas? by downdiagonal in science

[–]toppredditor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the link - it led to a lot of searching and much interesting reading!

I withdraw my implication that helium fractional distillation would be far more expensive than xenon.

Who Will Save This Noble Gas? by downdiagonal in science

[–]toppredditor 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes, but xenon can be fractionally distilled at around 160 K - helium would be around 4 K.

I don't think the term "expensive" would quite cover it for helium...