And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Radioisotope Production, Reactor BR2 (Belgian Reactor 2), The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN), Mol, Belgium
Nuclear Power School taught me zero comfort level with a water-shielded exposed reactor like this but it's been running as long as I have so it clearly demonstrates proper design (unlike Fukushima) and responsible operation (unlike Chernobyl) are significant factors in nuclear safety.
This is important, as I want to get the lighting color right for the simulated reactor in the Evil Scientist Lair. ;)
It's the same reason I use Google Earth measurements to get the dimensions of a Minuteman Silo concrete hatch cover exact, for making the "raised patio" in the back forty.
Nuclear Power School taught me zero comfort level with a water-shielded exposed reactor like this but it's been running as long as I have so it clearly demonstrates proper design (unlike Fukushima) and responsible operation (unlike Chernobyl) are significant factors in nuclear safety.
ReplyDeleteIf you remember your chemistry, you could say precisely the population of Mol.
ReplyDeleteDo you mean 6.023 x10^23? We're talking nuclear physics, not atomic chemics dude.
ReplyDeleteRunning, or shut down?
ReplyDeleteThis is important, as I want to get the lighting color right for the simulated reactor in the Evil Scientist Lair. ;)
It's the same reason I use Google Earth measurements to get the dimensions of a Minuteman Silo concrete hatch cover exact, for making the "raised patio" in the back forty.