It’s one very poor argument for nuclear power. While biologists pump steroids into trout eggs to boost muscle mass, it might be simpler just to use the hatchery pond as the coolant for a small nuclear reactor …

Some five years ago the Russian nuclear attack submarine Komsomolets sank in the Norwegian Sea. The event caused consternation in the Soviet Navy, high interest in NATO maritime and intelligence circles, and apprehension among environmentalists. This concern arose particularly in Norway, for the submarine’s broken hull holds two nuclear reactors and at least two torpedoes with nuclear warheads containing plutonium, one of the most toxic substances known to man. Since the sinking, Russian authorities have elicited to an unprecedented degree scientific assistance from other countries and used remote sensors and minisubmersibles to find Komsomolets, measure radiation leakage, and assess the stability of the wreck.

– via the Central Intelligence Agency

Recently some Norwegian fellow spies an 11 foot long herring off his coast, which is a smidge over the traditional size – and likely to trigger a storm of protest from the fly fishing purists …

… mostly because it was already dead, he landed it by hand, and none of us can decide whether that’s dry or wet…

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