Nuke Odor
What is the odor, if any, of nuclear power?
———- from Jenny ofGainesville, Florida
It’s a smell that the nuclear power industry’s house magazine, “Faulty Towers,” describes as “chocolatey.” This same publication refers to cosmic rays as giving off a “cinnamony” aroma and spent plutonium as “lemony fresh.” This is an example of the power of corporations to inform and delight us about the exciting world Science has in store for all of us. So the next time you bite into an artificially flavored and colored food by-product, thank the nuclear power industry for exchanging our bland, real world for a zesty, imaginative one.
It’s a smell that the nuclear power industry’s house magazine, “Faulty Towers,” describes as “chocolatey.” This same publication refers to cosmic rays as giving off a “cinnamony” aroma and spent plutonium as “lemony fresh.” This is an example of the power of corporations to inform and delight us about the exciting world Science has in store for all of us. So the next time you bite into an artificially flavored and colored food by-product, thank the nuclear power industry for exchanging our bland, real world for a zesty, imaginative one. 