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St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 manually shut down after 3 control rods drop into reactor core
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St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 manually shut down after 3 control rods drop into reactor core

Hacker News·about 1 month ago
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Saint Lucie Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 was manually shut down Aug. 13 after 3 control rods dropped into the core. The NRC classified it as a non-emergency.

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How to differentiate molten metal from molten salt when everything is glowing at 1050 C?

Reddit r/photography·u/Anxious_Strike_2931·5 months ago
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Hello, I am a molten salt researcher and my reactors run at \~1050 C. I can't look inside my reactor as it operates sealed, but I am attempting to differentiate metal droplets that may be floating on the surface from the molten salt using viewing ports,…

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Chunk aligned 2x2 Nuclear Reactor
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Chunk aligned 2x2 Nuclear Reactor

Reddit r/factorio·u/TheEckelmonster·5 months ago
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Saw a number of people posting their reactors - felt like sharing my most recent build. Primary goal was for it to be chunk aligned and tileable. End result was this 2x2 chunk square design.…

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Quick question: heat passes through all intervening entities, yes? So the heat from one nuclear reactor should pass through another reactor to reach the exchangers, right?

Reddit r/factorio·u/Le_Botmes·5 months ago
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I'm certain this functions as described for Heating Towers, and that there's a slight loss in efficiency. But if I wanted to create a double-stacked nuclear reactor array with exchangers only on one side, it should work just fine, correct?

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40 years after Chernobyl: Inside the night the Soviet nuclear dream exploded
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40 years after Chernobyl: Inside the night the Soviet nuclear dream exploded

RT International·5 months ago
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From a failed safety test to burning graphite and mass evacuation, this is how Chernobyl became history’s worst nuclear disaster and a warning

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Chernobyl disaster: 40 years on, why nuclear accident remains the most expensive ever
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Chernobyl disaster: 40 years on, why nuclear accident remains the most expensive ever

The Indian Express·Explained Desk·5 months ago
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On April 26, 1986, Chernobyl entered global infamy with what would be remembered as the worst disaster in the history of nuclear power generation.

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Exclusive report: Inside Chernobyl, 40 years after nuclear disaster
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Exclusive report: Inside Chernobyl, 40 years after nuclear disaster

New Scientist·#author.fullName}·5 months ago
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New Scientist reporter Matthew Sparkes secured unrivalled access to Chernobyl's most crucial scientific sites, where researchers are fighting to protect the area and ensure it remains safe amid the constant threat of attack from Russia

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The man who crawls into the perilous heart of the Chernobyl reactor
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The man who crawls into the perilous heart of the Chernobyl reactor

New Scientist·#author.fullName}·5 months ago
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Ever since the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists have needed to monitor radioactive conditions inside. That job currently falls to Anatoly Doroshenko, who explains the dangers and importance of his work to New Scientist

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