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Discussion: Stop. Panicking.
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 Andering_J_REDDSON |
Stop. Panicking.
Aug 9 2008, 1:57 PM EDT Stop. Panicking. Really. Please stop. Yes, there are certain dangers involved in the use of nuclear power, but that’s WHY there are the aforementioned failsafe; Those are what shut down the reactor in the event of a problem. Further, as a mass-level disaster occurs, reactor staff will in all likelihood shut the reactor down themselves; In the event they ARE the problem (that is, they’re skin jobs), the militry will forcibly, if necessary, take over and shut down the plants (that’s one of the leftover effects of Cold War-Era “Mutual Assured Destruction” thinking). Panic WILL kill; Calm will save your ass(ets). 4 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Andering_J_REDDSON |
RE: Stop. Panicking.
Aug 27 2008, 11:49 PM EDT What did I say about panicing? Stop. And stop the doom-and-gloom speak that has nothing to do with the realities (not EVERY reacotr was build out of half-baked bricks with no containment and manned by three guys so hung over on the vodka they still qualify as drunk). 4 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you? |
 SuperSoldierRCP |
RE: Stop. Panicking.
Nov 25 2008, 1:35 PM EST yay i have freinds uncle who works in a planet in texas i asked him about it here he say that code blue fail safes are installed in all power plants, he said code blue is when is the rector goes critical they uranium is transfer to a lead/steel camaber once in they fill it with liquid nitrogen. almost stopping the reaction completely, then he talked a bunch of weird stuff, but he says the nitrogen stops the protons then get knocked free to become absored into the nitorgen,no protons n o reaction.... i might know more if i listened to everything lol but it was so over my head i was like huh ok huh Do you find this valuable? |
 alicestar |
RE: Stop. Panicking.
Nov 25 2008, 2:23 PM EST neutrons......its neutrons 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Andering_J_REDDSON |
RE: Stop. Panicking.
Nov 25 2008, 5:51 PM EST "neutrons......its neutrons"Good to know. Do you find this valuable? |
 brandon_a_boyer |
RE: Stop. Panicking.
Nov 26 2008, 12:05 AM EST I have to agree there, even from a perspective of the bombs, there is such a high level of security with them you'd never be able to get them to work, personally i think they'd be best left alone for a long period of time until people could go back and research how they work and function. Do you find this valuable? |
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SuperSoldierRCP |
RE: Stop. Panicking.
Nov 26 2008, 1:41 AM EST sorry my bad he talked like in depth i was trying to listen but is was so far over my head i was suprised i retained that much lol Do you find this valuable? |
 John_234 |
RE: Stop. Panicking.
Friday, 2:57 AM EST Essentially, when a nuke does off, subatomic particles bump into others, multiplying and releasing energy this happens at an incredibly fast speeds, releasing an equivalent amount of energy. A reactor works by using control bars (forgot what they were made out of) to slow the particle movement, thus slowing the reaction. When the reaction is slowed down, energy released is at a reasonable level and can be harnessed. The control bars are adjustable to affect reaction speed, to stop the reaction, you shut the bars completely. I guess the reaction will continue to an extent in the portion containing the uranium, so I can imagine it'd be a temporary thing. What I've seen was that depleted uranium is sealed, then stored in liquid nitrogen. Liquid nitrogen will quickly bring down the temperature of the reaction, slowing it down. The particles that are supposed to be creating more particles are absorbed and the reaction is stopped. The fail safes are well though out, but the storage is more of a problem Do you find this valuable? |
