New study reveals that cosmic ray exposure to pilots and flight attendants poses more risk of cancer than radiation to nuclear workers or x-ray technicians. Article has a really great dose infographic from XKCD.
Powering lunar IoT.
One of PWHL's most elite trash talkers.
Goddammit... *Victoire
I use Vibe for fairly complex topics: thermodynamics, nuclear engineering... Sometimes it gives me a copious amount of output, of which maybe 30% is useful, 70% is background or tangent that I didn't ask for. Suggestions? I often use "be brief" but then sometimes it is too brief. Just looking for other things to try.
[On Buffalo firing Ted Nolan and missing McDavid] When you tank to be tops, and you shed your Teddy, you halter right there.
You know. Sam Bennett, I will say this - even if those guys at the league office have pull, they don't know squat. Chin up.
On the Preds' ice guy cleaning up fish: "Here's the only unhappy guy in Nashville, and you know why: cause he's working for scale."
Credit these quotes and image to @RonsPuns https://x.com/ronspuns
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"Hard proton radiation traveling at 30% speed of light"...is this possible?
On the moon the regolith begins to float above the surface in small waves. Is this realistic for an extremely strong storm?
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This analysis is from NukeMap by Alex Wellerstein.
It shows the hypothetical effects if the Tsar Bomba 50,000 kiloton thermonuclear/hydrogen bomb were detonated 4 km (13,000 ft) above the surface of Central Park. This was the largest bomb ever tested, developed by the Soviet Union in 1961. By comparison it is about 3000x stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima which was 15 kiloton. The scale is incomprehensible.
Note that the pressure and thermal/heat waves (images 2 and 3), not the direct radiation (image 1), do the most damage. The destructive effects of pressure and thermal/heat have much larger radii. The 5 psi moderate damage blast radius collapses residential buildings and extends well into New Jersey and Long Island. Only in Philadelphia would you be safe from the thermal/heat effects (shown by the 'minimum no harm' radius).
The indirect radiation caused by fallout from the massive mushroom cloud (43 km, 141,000 ft high and 75 km, 47 mi in diameter) would extend far into surrounding states. These maps show just how destructive these doomsday devices are. Luckily no such bomb exists today.
Article by Miles Taylor chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security during Trump's 1st term.
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He's a big WNBA fan.
I wanted to create a status tracker for SMR construction around the globe. If anyone sees errors, omissions please make a comment. Please include a reference link if possible. This applies only to SMRs that are regulatory approved, not still in development (therefore excludes most Gen IV designs). I will update this post periodically with new additions. Thank you!
| Acronym | Status |
|---|---|
| PRO | proposed |
| PLN | planned (site selected) |
| APR | approved (regulatory) |
| UCO | under construction |
| COM | commissioned |
Country (Total) | Designer | Model (Gen,MW/unit) | Status | :-- | :--: | :--: | :--: | --: Canada (6) | GE/Hitachi | BWRX-300 (III+,300) | 1xUCO 3xAPR 2xPLN | China (1) | China | ACP-100 (III+,100) | 1xCOM | Czechia (3) | Rolls Royce | SMR (III+,470) | 3xPLN | Poland (24) | GE/Hitachi | BWRX-300 (III+,300) | 2xAPR 22xPLN | UK (1) | Rolls Royce | SMR (III+,470) | 1xAPR | USA (4) | GE/Hitachi | BWRX-300 (III+,300) | 1xAPR | . | Holtec | SMR-300 (III+,300) | 2xAPR 1xPLN | World (39) | . | . | . |
.....Proposed Units.....
Country (Total) | Designer | Model (Gen,MW/unit) | Status | :-- | :--: | :--: | :--: | --: UK (14) | GE/Hitachi | BWRX-300 (III+,300) | 14xPRO | USA (72) | NuScale | NPM (III+,77) | 72xPRO |
References
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Apologies for the resolution. Unfortunately as good as it gets.
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