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‘Your mission is to seek and destroy the radioactive rabbit droppings which have been found in a reasonably large area around a closed down nuclear plant in Washington State.’

Amusing though it sounds Nuclear Researchers have been tasked with locating and destroying substantial amounts of radioactive rabbit droppings.

Research staff discovered the radioactive rabbit droppings around the decommissioned nuclear waste site in Washington State. This year they flew a helicopter over 16 square miles of land looking for the radioactive rabbit stools.

The poo which is the result of rabbits eating radioactive salts found in underground burrows dug near buried nuclear waste . The researchers have flown in a helicopter equipped with a radiation detector, when looking for the rabbit stools so that they can be collected.

The site contains over 50 million gallons of nuclear waste from Cold War era plutonium production which are stored in a 13 square mile area in large tanks from the 1960′s. Those tanks also had radioactive cesium and strontium salts which apparently, are apparently very tasty snacks for rabbits.

We have wondered how many multi legged bunnies or five eared rabbits are hoping in the woods around those parts? The decades spent licking the radioactive salts can’t be good for a local rabbit population.

More seriously one must wonder why the trouble is being taken to deal with the rabbits droppings but no effective effort has been reported in dealing with the rabbits making the droppings.

These rabbits are a significant part of the food chain, so if the rabbits are radioactive we can expect a knock on effect upon any birds of prey and larger predators in hunting the area? We also must consider if rabbits have been effected in this way what the effect is on other small animals, the food chain as a whole and the local water table?

Jon Hunter is an SEO consultant based in cheshire who runs a number of sites including one about rabbit hutches.

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Everyone likes diamonds and no one looks terrible in diamonds, do they? It is not actually within the scope of this article to recommend whether diamonds are a good investment or not, but their perceived worth is colossal. As an alternative, I would like to look at where the best place to procure a diamond is, since it is more important that you purchase your diamond from a trustworthy dealer with a guarantee than that you think you got a good trade on eBay by buying somebody’s granny’s engagement ring, which might not be authentic.

Therefore, before you commence browsing for diamonds, think about dealing with a bonded jeweller. Bonded jewellers sell bonded diamonds and there are not many bonded jewellers in the world. In deed, out of all of the jewellers in the world, only approximately 5% of them are bonded.

Buying a bonded diamond will cost more than purchasing a non-bonded diamond, however when you look at what you get with the bonded option, you will see that it is well worth the extra outlay.

First, bonded diamonds have a buy-back guarantee for the life of the diamond. No matter how long you keep the diamond, you can take it back to the bonded jeweller and sell it back to him or her, for a 100% refund.

If a jeweller does not offer a 100% buy-back warranty, for the life of the diamond, then you have to take a nearer look at the diamond to see what is wrong with it. Just joking, they will always offer you a 100% buy-back guarantee or tell you why not.

Bonded diamonds also have a breakage policy. If the stone breaks or chips, the bonded jeweller will replace it with a new one – one time. No jeweller would ever offer such a policy on any stone that was not 100% natural, so just the offer of such a policy should give you peace of mind concerning the quality of the diamond. Bonded diamonds are natural and untreated.

Bonded diamonds increase in worth, with a fixed increase rate that is calculated to keep up with inflation. This means that a diamond that is valued at a certain amount of money today will be valued at more in the future, as the price of diamonds continues to rise. This generally does not relate to buy-backs, although. It typically applies to trade-ins.

Alternatively, by purchasing a bonded diamond, you are protected against the prospect of a market crash. If a market crash occurs, the value of diamonds will plunge. However, the bonded jeweller promises to refund you the difference between what the diamond is now worth and what you paid for it before the market fall.

It may be tricky to find a bonded jeweller in your locale, but if you can, this is who you want to deal with, as opposed to dealing with a non-bonded jeweller. Specifically inform the jeweller that you are only interested in bonded diamonds. You can find a bonded jeweller in your area by exploiting various online resources like Google or Yahoo, or by calling the local jewellery shops.

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