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see GP, you try to be nice and they think they have "won" the Saint Bartholomew trolling night 
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The Amie won the trolling contest. You must bow to my superior time zone...Originally posted by paiktis22
see GP, you try to be nice and they think they have "won" the Saint Bartholomew trolling night
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There were 3 deaths in the reactor explosion at SL-1 (Idaho) in 1961.Originally posted by Stefu
Deaths caused by Western nuclear power plants=0. Zippo. Zilch. Nada. None.Comment
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Even in a country as large as the USA there are very few sites where wind power farms can be built and be cost effective. Also a wind driven turbin is not a quite "Dutch Windmill" they produce a lot of noise so they cannot be placed near populated areas.The ways of Man are passing strange, he buys his freedom and he counts his change.
Then he lets the wind his days arrange and he calls the tide his master.Comment
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Well, hopefully we'll have fusion power not too late, and we'll be able to build fusion-powered plants all over the Earth, putting a final end to this fight over nuclear power.Science without conscience is the doom of the soul.Comment
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Also Wind Turbins eat lots of birds! Build enough of them and you will never have bird poop on your can again.The ways of Man are passing strange, he buys his freedom and he counts his change.
Then he lets the wind his days arrange and he calls the tide his master.Comment
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We could use the "Mr. Fusion" from Back to the FutureOriginally posted by Akka le Vil
Well, hopefully we'll have fusion power not too late, and we'll be able to build fusion-powered plants all over the Earth, putting a final end to this fight over nuclear power.
People keep saying fusion is around the corner. I've been hearing this for a long time, now...decades in fact.Comment
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Yup. We're very close, but it's always some little thing that's just preventing us to make it works. The kind of little thing that doesn't look very difficult to fix, but that in fact delay the advances for decades...Originally posted by GP
We could use the "Mr. Fusion" from Back to the Future
People keep saying fusion is around the corner. I've been hearing this for a long time, now...decades in fact.
My uncle was working on the Megajoule laser, and it's extremely frustrating to know how close we are from the fusion and we can't use it...Science without conscience is the doom of the soul.Comment
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--"It's far more safe to use solar power or to build windmills."
Same arguments every time someone mentions nuclear power...
Solar is still highly inefficent. It doesn't do well on the cost/benefit scale for large areas.
Wind has its own problems, including the rather limited areas it's actually useful in. Most of those aren't really near population centers.
--"As a matter of fact the Earth is getting windier."
Yes, more politicians and activists every year...
Wraith
Strip mining prevents forest fires.Comment
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Re: New nuclear power plant to Finland!
What, Finland is capable of designing and constructing nuclear power plants on its own, without any help from abroad??
I don't believe that.
Freedom is just unawareness of being manipulated.Comment
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We're not close. If we were there would be commercial interest...Originally posted by Akka le Vil
Yup. We're very close, but it's always some little thing that's just preventing us to make it works. The kind of little thing that doesn't look very difficult to fix, but that in fact delay the advances for decades...
My uncle was working on the Megajoule laser, and it's extremely frustrating to know how close we are from the fusion and we can't use it...Comment
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Little? For the technical breakeven maybe. For an actual comercial plant its a horror story. Hot plasma and expensive equipment that can't handle heat. Lithium to absorb neutrons and get more tritium and it must be near the fusion. I suppose the laser systems have a better chance of being practical but the tokomaks are an engineering nightmare.Originally posted by Akka le Vil
Yup. We're very close, but it's always some little thing that's just preventing us to make it works.
It sure would answer a lot of problems if it can ever be put into practice. Too bad cold fusion was just bad science.Comment
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Easier for US Navy to get highly competent, motivated operators. In civilian world people are bigger ****-ups in general, and those that aren't don't go for 30 000$ p.a. salaries...Originally posted by GP
nuclear power is not a walk in the park (has real dangers) but it is a pretty good method for power production. Much of the cost comes from regulatory methods which are stringent but are not properly focused. For instance in US civilian nuclear power, there is huge emphasis on automatic systems (design) rather than on having more intellegient operators. The US Navy in contrast has simpler plants but has more capable operators.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
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I typed some impressions about this issue (staffing for civilian power plants) within other comments. I have had several friends who left USN and worked in civilian power.Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Easier for US Navy to get highly competent, motivated operators. In civilian world people are bigger ****-ups in general, and those that aren't don't go for 30 000$ p.a. salaries...
The answer is to treat these people different than has generally been the practice in the utility industry. There is talent out there. There is even decent money to pay for it. The culture has to change and the selection processes have to change.Comment
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Maybe, but perhaps high performance also has a lot to do with the pride that people feel to be in USN. Different when it's a job you're doing for a living. Why are private security guards jokes when compared to real cops?
You can try to culture such a feeling among your employees, but I doubt you can recreate feeling of fighting for your country.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
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