... 05/158.html . ... imagining doughnuts ("all the color of ... Cute. I just learned that you can drive the luminol reaction by liberating oxygen from water....
The new technology would bolster the city's nuclear exposure programs because the detectors decipher between deadly radiation in nuclear weapons and harmless...
... When have the no nukes and enviroMORONS ever let facts get in their way? -- ... Chris Smolinski Black Cat Systems http://www.blackcatsystems.com...
In a message dated 4/2/2007 12:04:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, revtkatt@... writes: How so? There are multiple redundant diesels and passive scrams &...
Does AL Gore cite this possible meltdown as a cause of global warming yet? ... -- Nick A "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but...
... 081724- ... Right aftrer Katrina, the NRC had contacted me about some matter and I asked them, what about the two reactor power plants in the New Orleans...
wE INSTALLED lEVEL 3'S FIBEROPTIC CABLE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ONE OVER WEST OF no AND ALSO PAST ONE IN gEORGIA i THINK... Stupid caps lock. Why the hell...
AFAIK that is an official (ie: legal) requirement, not a technical requirement. Certainly you could quickly shut down the reactor by scramming (dropping in all...
... The NRC asking a Known Person of Interest is amusing :-) If you are bored enough to read the NRC event reports you'll find lots of Stuff being shut down...
... OVER WEST ... Why the ... How is your keyboard to know you don't mean to cap? :-) Very often the "redundant" systems --whether power, 'net, or anything...
... Isn't this an indication of the *conservatism* of the nuke runners? Wouldn't you *hope* that the chlorine, etc. factories of LA *also* shut down when the...
You say the PMT is rated at 2500V and you have tried 1100V with no results? Run it up to 2000 or slightly more until you start getting dark noise. The 3-in...
This is standard safety procedure in case of an approaching hurricane. The power plant can be shut down in case of a grid outage with use of its backup diesel...
The absolute best utility locator system in the world, Caterpillar... Haha, we cut Sprint's fiber in WY twice along the UPRR tracks near I-80 because the...
Correction: big orange book. http://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Engineering-SCPP-Ronald-Knief/dp/1560320893 Nice and comprehensive. I highly recommend. Chris...
... flunked ... Faulty backup generators have a long history. For some reason diesels just don't want to start after sitting quietly for long periods of time....
With research reactors or the ones I've seen they have safety measures in place, like electromagnets, they are used to connect the control rods to the drive...
How does one fix a dosimeter that has excessive drift. It should only be less than 2% per 24 hrs. Mine an old one drifts at least 20 times that. Steve...
http://www.geocities.com/steve_schoner/bridgemarkerfront.jpg http://www.geocities.com/steve_schoner/bridgemarkerback.jpg They are luminous radium markers that...
Hi Y'all, We have diesel (and propane) generator horror stories as well... There was a power glitch at a commsite, and the generator started. Unfortunately,...
How does one fix a dosimeter that has excessive drift. It should only be less than 2% per 24 hrs. Mine an old one drifts at least 20 times that. Steve Schoner ...
Tom, some of my "technical talk" has gotten me in trouble over the years, in my vain efforts at levity. Once long ago in my Police Department days, I coined...
Geo and all, I am new to this forum, and the response was, well-- really funny. "Fixation by replaciation" a new term for me as a computer tech. Anyway, I...
... to keep ... These are mentioned in _Living with Radiation_. Someone was selling *replicas* for cheap on eB; real ones go for hundreds of $ (and are hot)...
Good, I'm glad u got a laugh Steve. Now clean out the charger end of your pen dosimeter with pure alcohol in case there is a high resistance electrical leak...