That’s it. Reporters are too dumb to pay attention to.

So I was reading about the new Chinese pebblebed reactor technology on MSNBC.com when I came to this

The uranium in each sphere can’t get hot enough to melt the casing and
escape. Also, the main coolant for the system is inert helium, not
water, as is used in other types of reactors (water, of course, contains oxygen, which is combustible). [my emphasis]

No. Water contains hydrogen–which is extremely combustible–but it’s already oxided burnt. That’s what makes it water.

News writer Sarah Schafer needs to go back to her alma mater and demand a refund; they sold her a defective education.

Tip from the Instapundit (but he wasn’t talking about journalists’ education).