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The fundamental causelessness of radioactive decay is usually disguised (amongst much else) under seemingly scientific rubrics such as "quantum indeterminancy". Apparently it is not merely technically impossible to determine precisely the position and velocity of a subatomic particle, but rather something intrinsic to the fabric of our universe which makes it undoable. I.e. it isn't that these two bits of information aren't simultaneously measurable, but that in a very real sense both bits of information cannot exist in the one universe. Similarly, it is only our lamentably rational supra-atomic brains that prevent us from discerning the bleedingly obvious truth that Schrodinger's Cat is, as it were, simultaneously alive and dead up until that moment when somebody thoughtlessly opens the box. (I simplify somewhat.)
And no, I am not drunk. Good luck building the reactor, Alex. Invite me over when she goes critical and we'll have a barbie.
Cheers,
Brian.
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