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Fact checking of claims about nuclear power projects(neutronbytes.com)
57 points by hairytrog 2y ago|70 comments
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Mike the Headless Chicken(en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by hairytrog 3y ago|1 comments
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by hairytrog 4y ago
one solution to maintain stable population despite low birth rates is to selectively birth women. japans 1.3 babies per women would more than sufficient. read about it here: https://lvenneri.com/blog/sexratioed
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by hairytrog 4y ago
IT kind of is true. Sure the death count directly attributable to nuclear reactors is low. But Fukushima caused the entire countries fleet to shut down - to the present day. Safety isn't about lives lost or health, it's about fina
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by hairytrog 4y ago
I think that's fair. I bet new large power plants will get the NuScale treatment and reduced exclusion zone though.
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by hairytrog 4y ago
Molten-salt-fuel reactors, as described in this article, are so lame... "It's already melted, so you can't have a meltdown." lol. More seriously, molten-salt-cooled reactors have some promise. They use solid fuel, usuall
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by hairytrog 4y ago
Not sure it's a justified reduction in exclusion zone. Yes they use natural circulation to get rid of decay heat if they lose power to run the pumps. BUT - they can't tolerate multiple reactors failing at once, they can't tol
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by hairytrog 4y ago
Which is equally a problem for a molten salt cooled reactor. If molten salt leaks or pumping stops, you're gonna get a melt down in your molten salt reactor. That is unless it's running at super low power density - like these guys
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by hairytrog 4y ago
Dark matter is probably a grouping of several phenomena like this. Should not discount MACHOs just because it doesn't explain all the dark matter observations. I think I remember reading in Carroll's Astrophysics Intro that MACHO&
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Human Sacrifice in Aztec Culture(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by hairytrog 4y ago|0 comments
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by hairytrog 4y ago
This is not true. Every power plant that produces waste must pay money into the waste repository fund totaling nearly $50B - which is probably overkill for building a long term facility by a factor of 5 or more.
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by hairytrog 4y ago
Nope. These reactors can be placed anywhere. They used air cooled condensers, which is only possible whe nyou have higher temperature heat than conventional light water reactors in use today. It's 350 degrees C versus 600 degrees C. So
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Hidden Italy: The Forbidden Cyclopean Ruins (2013)(richardcassaro.com)
28 points by hairytrog 4y ago|22 comments
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US Historical Income Tax Rates(taxfoundation.org)
24 points by hairytrog 4y ago|94 comments
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by hairytrog 5y ago
Something that isn't begin mentioned, is that a lower IFR partially reflects the reduction in at risk groups. Those most at risk of dying have already succumbed to the disease.
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by hairytrog 5y ago
Only reason Russia is different than China is Russia is tiny. Lower GNP than Texas.
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by hairytrog 5y ago
like this one? https://usnc.com
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by hairytrog 5y ago
Here's some footage of Monju - pretty scary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRJGHWbIxC0
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by hairytrog 5y ago
Not quite. 80% of the energy in D-T fusion reactions are released as neutron energy. I sure hope most of that will be used for generating electrical power rather than breeding tritium... :) The dpa rates and helium embrittlement are way hig
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by hairytrog 5y ago
Point 2 is highly debatable. DOE is funding TerraPower's Natrium (Bill Gates company) which is a fast reactor, to the tune of 2.5B as part of the Advanced Reactor Demo Program. So a lot of people in the industry believe fast reactors c
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The Sound of Silence: A Noise Map of the U.S.(nps.gov)
238 points by hairytrog 5y ago|127 comments
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by hairytrog 5y ago
If you accurately estaimted the pain and time required to complete something, you'd never get started.
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Shunned after Fukushima, nuclear industry hopes smaller reactors(financialpost.com)
3 points by hairytrog 5y ago|0 comments
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by hairytrog 5y ago
“IF YOU DON’T READ THE NEWSPAPER, YOU’RE UNINFORMED. IF YOU DO, YOU’RE MISINFORMED.” - Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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by hairytrog 5y ago
This could also help the planned helium cooled nuclear reactors like this one: https://usnc.com/mmr/
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by hairytrog 5y ago
A good example of solving the wrong problem.
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by hairytrog 5y ago
Maybe this will play out like nuclear technologies. Incredible potential for good also means incredible potential for bad. For nuclear, the good was roughly limitless energy at very low environmental cost and low human labor. The bad was nu
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by hairytrog 5y ago
America may yet prosper.
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Biden’s Not-So-Clean Energy Transition(wsj.com)
2 points by hairytrog 5y ago|0 comments
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by hairytrog 5y ago
Which sensor was that stefan_? maybe I worked on it

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