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Plutonium: The Contest |
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by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Email: contest (nospam) thebulletin.org (unverified!) |
12 Jun 2001
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So you want to design a facility where all the world's plutonium can be safely stored for all eternity (or 24,000 years, whichever comes first)? Where tourists can visit and acknowledge the folly of creating as much explosive plutonium as humanly possible? Something that's beautiful and grand and awe inspiring? And you want to win cash and prizes, too? |
CONTACT INFORMATION
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Plutonium Memorial Contest
6042 South Kimbark Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60637
Fax: 773-702-0725
E-mail: contest (at) thebulletin.org
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is proud to announce a competition that we hope will focus the world's artists, architects, and visionary thinkers on a problem that has all but stumped the world's policy makers, scientists, and leaders: the problem of plutonium disposal.
For decades there have been two "accepted" ways of thinking about plutonium disposal. We can bury in a big hole and forget about it. Or we can mix it with uranium and burn it in reactors as fuel. A third way has recently been proposed by Allison Macfarlane, Frank von Hippel, and others in the current issue of the Bulletin. But the editors of the Bulletin have devised yet a fourth way.
Basically, we want to create a memorial to plutonium, that nasty substance that stays radioactive for thousands of years, can be made into nuclear bombs, and is deadly if ingested. But hiding it away, as conventional notions dictate, will prevent the world from learning anything from its folly.
We're also giving away more than $3,000 in prizes to the person or persons who come up with the best design for our "Plutonium Memorial."
So we invite you to submit your drawings, architectural models, schematics, blueprints, or other representations to the Bulletin. A panel of experts will judge the entries and present the winners in an issue next year. There are a few technical details that must be followed (plutonium, after all, is tricky to handle). Follow these links to learn more about the care and handling of plutonium and the contest rules: |
See also:
http://www.thebulletin.org/contest/index.html
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