I am a research fanatic and a voracious reader. I read almost everything, Sci-Fi, historical fiction, biographies of important/political figures, and a ton of scientific material, depending on the topic on which I am about to write. For Trinity 3.11 I had to almost become a nuclear scientist, at least to understand the half-life of radionuclides, spent nuclear fuel and its uses/hazards, and exactly how power is generated using the different fuel mixtures currently in use.