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The part of uranium that's fissile - when you hit it with a neutron, it splits in two - is about 0.7%. The reactors we have today are burning that 0.7%.

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Bill Gates
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 28
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Paul and I, we never thought that we would make much money out of the thing. We just loved writing software.
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