On 9/11/2012 10:46 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
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Anyone who takes the Southern pronunciation of "nuclear" as a sign of
ignorance needs to spend some time in the nuclear engineering department
at one of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

Chuckle...

Hell, I'm a NE (BS '68, MS NucSci '79) and not even from anyways close
to "the South" and I say it that way about as often as not.

Did spend 10 yr in Lynchburg, VA (B&W NPGD) then 25+ in Oak Ridge,
though so it does rub off...

I wasn't there early enough to know firsthand how Fermi said it altho
Wigner was definitely not a practicer.

http://www.ornl.gov/adm/wigner_fellowship/

I always get a chuckle recalling a package received in Dept Head's
office at uni addressed to the "Department of Unclear Engineering"

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