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bigun said:
I was told there was a Nucular Physics professor in Fl who had his own mini reactor in his back yard. Pretty sure it was BS but the guys who told swore it was true
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Plausible, but unlikely without an NRC license. I remember when I was attending Cal Poly - SLO in the '70s, they had a training reactor on campus, I believe in the Mechanical Engineering Building. Cal Poly holds License No. R-121 to operate an AGb201 training reactor on campus. I'm not sure if it's even still there though....
 
Sceep said:
I just want this chicks clothes to melt off... ↙️
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Oh I agree. I hear you can get some good Historical versions at Pompeii.

Motorcharge said:
Yeah I know, my bosses wife isn't happy about it because they just bought a new house not far from there. :laughing:
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Yes, and they say that the algae is reason you shouldn't swim in that lake.... :shaking:
 
bigun said:
I was told there was a Nucular Physics professor in Fl who had his own mini reactor in his back yard. Pretty sure it was BS but the guys who told swore it was true
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The powers at be have had household sized nuclear reactors for decades, You can register one if you actually know what you are doing. It was the size of an outdoor ac unit, but twice as tall, and if anything failed, a lead coffin would slam shut sealing it.
 
maveric said:
I have seen at least 2 articles (not in front of me) stating they are planning to reopen 2 uranium mines in Wyoming.

Also rumor that one of our local coal plants may get transitioned to nuclear at some point, but probably just speculation.
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You're right, as of today the Christensen Ranch mine just reopened and they're re-opening 2~3 so far up here (and looking at commissioning at least two more across the state).

On the net energy question, I know the 2 mines near here they're working to reopen are insitu mining, so it's basically operating a bunch of water wells (1/2 injection, 1/2 production) and the processing facility to introduce resin in the injection, then strip the uranium off when it comes back up.

Here's a little insight on the process and the plans with the new plant over in Kemmerer(ererer):

cowboystatedaily.com

Dormant For A Decade, Texas-Based Uranium Energy Corp. To Restart In…

Texas-based Uranium Energy Corp. had mothballed its uranium mining operations in Wyoming nearly a decade ago. It’s now the second major uranium producer…
cowboystatedaily.com cowboystatedaily.com
 
maveric said:
I have seen at least 2 articles (not in front of me) stating they are planning to reopen 2 uranium mines in Wyoming.

Also rumor that one of our local coal plants may get transitioned to nuclear at some point, but probably just speculation.
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That works...but converting a coal or natural gas plant won't work even though all either do is convert water into steam to push a turbo and attached generator.

Relates to HOW one gets the water converted when using nuclear "heat" as thats an indirect method of heating via the rods used to create the heat via a fission reaction. Well that and the world's list of regulations and dictums by the NRC...
 
DVanVorous said:
That works...but converting a coal or natural gas plant won't work even though all either do is convert water into steam to push a turbo and attached generator.

Relates to HOW one gets the water converted when using nuclear "heat" as thats an indirect method of heating via the rods used to create the heat via a fission reaction. Well that and the world's list of regulations and dictums by the NRC...
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I know here the discussion isn't about converting a plant from gas/coal to nuclear, it's to build a new nuclear facility at the same site (or next door) and utilize the existing staff and infrastructure (like transmission lines & rail access) for the new facility.
 
Hydromaster said:
How many years does it take to bring a nuclear power plant online and the infrastructure to connect it to the grid?

In the meantime, we already have the means to increase our power generation, and it’s already connected to the grid
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really, do tell
 
IGT said:
The negative for nuclear is cost.

Triple redundant safety systems drive the cost to build around three times.

Coal and Hydro have subsidized nuclear plants up until we have blackballed the coal plants.

Reality is starting to set in with the Wind and Solar not making up for the base load coal energy.

I am in the natural gas business so all these plants that have converted to natural gas from coal have made my company bank.

I like a diverse energy supply with cheap coal as the base load. Throw money at cleaning coal emissions up instead of all those nice wind turbines.


All those that want nuclear please raise your hands so we can charge you 3 times what your current bill is now.
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All those that want solar and wind, you don’t have to raise your hand for the green energy cost, you already are paying for it.
 
BUCKLAND said:
really, do tell
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Go look it up.

How many closed coal fireed power plants are there.
That’ll be much cheaper to retrofit with modern scrubbers, then to replace it with a nuclear power plant.

And do you think they might already be connected to the grid?

Some of the distribution lines are being built leading to the areas that need a new source of power because the small local coal fired plants have been shut down, to appease the green agenda.

I wonder how much fuel, coal, steel mining & new right of ways are needed to build these new powerlines where the infrastructure already existed locally.
 
Motorcharge said:
The explosion risk at Chernobyl was debunked years ago. That stemmed from the bubbler pool supposedly being full and creating steam. Turns out it wasn't full and there was never any risk of explosion. That stupid HBO movie that came out a few years ago ignored that and played heavily on the explosion risk and reignited that fear in people.

The only real widespread environmental impact from Chernobyl was if the meltdown got into the ground water or the nearby river that flows in to Kyiv and would have basically fucked the entire flood plain from that river. The whole half of Europe being uninhabitable for centuries thing is pure myth though.
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Dude you are on it.

I have always been fascinated with Chernobyl because of something that you can't see, smell, or maybe taste will kill you.
Of course I was in high school when this happened as well.

The biggest killer was fear. They thought they knew, when in reality they didn't and don't know the affects of those types of radiation on humans.

There are reports of hundreds of thousands of deaths and birth defects and there are reports of people who were on the roof top that are alive and well and living today with no health issues.

Read about a doctor in Israel I think, he claimed he was there and he is still in touch with many of the people there during that event.

The HBO series if fun to watch but they definitely took some leaps.
 
BUCKLAND said:
All those that want solar and wind, you don’t have to raise your hand for the green energy cost, you already are paying for it.
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That is correct. I am in Iowa and we had one of the nations first large scale wind farms.

The first phase was 250 windmills right where I grew up. People fought it but it didn't matter.

That was a government project. When the first 250 were done they started on an additional 250.

Government subsidized the project. BUT there was no money for Maintenace and repairs. So damage from lightening strike would render a mill unusable and there were dozens that sat for years in varying states of decay before someone took the project over and started repairs.

In edit: I actually applied for a maintenance job there.
 
Tiha said:
Dude you are on it.

I have always been fascinated with Chernobyl because of something that you can't see, smell, or maybe taste will kill you.
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You and every white women that thinks with emotion. :laughing:

Radiation screams "here I am". It literally glows, just not in the visible spectrum. It's one of the easiest things to detect and can be detected from afar.

That's soooooo much better than chemical toxins that you need to sample and test for.
 
Motorcharge said:
Both of those incidents were blown way out of proportion. Nuclear is the only viable option we have for long term power needs for a modern industrialized world and it's far, far safer than we've been lead to believe over the last several decades.

Modern reactors are all engineered with previous problems in mind and are leaps and bounds safer than either of the mentioned incidents.

One of the other anti-nuclear talking points people love to bring up is nuclear waste and storing it. They'll often point to the fact that we only have one location we store it while ignoring that's because there's so little waste byproduct from nuke plants that we haven't needed another location to store it. We only passed 50% capacity at Yucca Mountain in like the mid 00s. There's also other uses for spent rods that we don't really capitalize on, the small amount of waste leftover from nuke plants could be reduced beyond what it is now.
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Fukushima is probably a more realistic worry of a SHTF scenario for the negatives of nuclear than Chernobyl or 3mile island IMO. They have how many tons of radioactive water they don't really know what do with now?
JD Mark said:
Why now all of a sudden?

It always has been the cleanest source of power.
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Because there is no way you can electrify evreything with the current job nuclear options. I see a lot of talk about fusion kind of working now, so that will be interesting if they can pull that off!
 
Here is an awesome read if you want to learn more about chernobyl

Chernobyl Revisited - Ghost Town

The blog has been around a long time. But it has changed over the years, much tamer and more friendly than it was. Alwyas figured KGB threatened her or something.

She had gotten access to places other people couldn't at the time because her dad was a physicist or something.
 
arse_sidewards said:
You and every white women that thinks with emotion. :laughing:

Radiation screams "here I am". It literally glows, just not in the visible spectrum. It's one of the easiest things to detect and can be detected from afar.

That's soooooo much better than chemical toxins that you need to sample and test for.
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Arse, please tell the class that you are trolling and not that stupid. :confused:

Let’s hear it “you can’t see nuclear radiation “. ☢️
 
BUCKLAND said:
Arse, please tell the class that you are trolling and not that stupid. :confused:

Let’s hear it “you can’t see nuclear radiation “. ☢️
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Where did I say you could see it? I said it's immensely more detectable than other things that are effectively poisonous.

Go back to sweeping the floors in the power plant or whatever it is you and your 3rd grade reading level do all day.
 
Slander said:
Fukushima is probably a more realistic worry of a SHTF scenario for the negatives of nuclear than Chernobyl or 3mile island IMO. They have how many tons of radioactive water they don't really know what do with now?
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They treated it with some shit that greatly reduces the half life and that's what's leftover. Current plan is to just dump it in the ocean to dilute it and it's supposedly safe to do so according to the Japanese.
 
Motorcharge said:
The explosion risk at Chernobyl was debunked years ago. That stemmed from the bubbler pool supposedly being full and creating steam. Turns out it wasn't full and there was never any risk of explosion. That stupid HBO movie that came out a few years ago ignored that and played heavily on the explosion risk and reignited that fear in people.

The only real widespread environmental impact from Chernobyl was if the meltdown got into the ground water or the nearby river that flows in to Kyiv and would have basically fucked the entire flood plain from that river. The whole half of Europe being uninhabitable for centuries thing is pure myth though.
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Well shit. Should have known better than to believe what I saw on the tv. Ya, it was the whole water hitting the mess and blowing up.

I'll go back to the corner and feel stupid for a while.
 
arse_sidewards said:
You and every white women that thinks with emotion. :laughing:

Radiation screams "here I am". It literally glows, just not in the visible spectrum. It's one of the easiest things to detect and can be detected from afar.

That's soooooo much better than chemical toxins that you need to sample and test for.
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It literally glows

Your words

Again, tell me you are trolling and not of 3rd grade reading comprehension

-townie
 
gt1guy said:
Well shit. Should have known better than to believe what I saw on the tv. Ya, it was the whole water hitting the mess and blowing up.

I'll go back to the corner and feel stupid for a while.
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No need to feel stupid, we've been fed the same shit about nuclear power and these events for decades and for many of us, our entire lives. The only reason I knew that is because I dug into a bunch of this stuff a while back after watching Oliver Stone's documentary on nuclear power that came out a couple years ago.
 
BUCKLAND said:
It literally glows

Your words

Again, tell me you are trolling and not of 3rd grade reading comprehension

-townie
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Read the whole sentence you quoted. I'd call you an idiot but it's not stupidity, it's willful. You're right up there with slimy used car salesmen and DNC apologist media types.

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arse_sidewards said:
You and every white women that thinks with emotion. :laughing:

Radiation screams "here I am". It literally glows, just not in the visible spectrum. It's one of the easiest things to detect and can be detected from afar.

That's soooooo much better than chemical toxins that you need to sample and test for.
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Having worked around radiation and a variety of other kill you dead right now substances I'm wondering what is harder to detect and kills you dead more effectively than radiation? Definitely a lot of nasty shit out there but I still can't think of a place where the precautions get taken more seriously than Radiation.
 
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