Actual solution not just weather trivia - small nuke certified 15

[dik]

Maybe just a different life... but, I'm not sure we aren't headed in that direction currently.

So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[dik]

like lemmings... My Grade 11 Literature teacher had a word for it, 'Weltschmerz'.

So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[Guest102023]

Weltschmerz

Wasn’t there a comic strip with that name?

"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"

 

[Guest102023]

Yes there was

"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"

 

[dik]

I didn't know that... 60 years ago?

So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[rb1957]

actually, lemmings don't jump of cliffs ... it was all a Disney creation (from 1958 I believe)

"Hoffen wir mal, dass alles gut geht !"
General Paulus, Nov 1942, outside Stalingrad after the launch of Operation Uranus.

 

[TugboatEng]

I'm curious about these reactors modules. How are they different than the marine reactors? There have been many ships and barges, military, civilian, American, Soviet. They all have modular reactors as have all been built within reasonable timeframes. Have they ever had serious incidents? And these are operated by our least competent organizations. It seems safe modular reactors have existed since the beginning of nuclear power. What am I missing here?

 

[phamENG]

And these are operated by our least competent organizations.

Ouch. Not going to say there aren't plenty of incompetent people in Naval Nuclear Power....but think of it more as the best and brightest organization within a larger, more incompetent organization. We were pretty isolated from a lot of the real non-sense in the fleet. What we all thought was non-sense in nuclear power as 20 year olds was, in retrospect, the reason there have not been major safety issues with nuclear reactors on naval ships.

But yeah...nuclear power can be done small and it can be done safe. And in rather unstable and inhospitable places. Standing watch in a plant on a carrier going through a storm taking waves over the flight deck...we couldn't rely on most instruments and had to work out tank levels by figuring how long it took the high and low level alarm to sound based on the distance from the center line. That was a fun night...

Edit: This is just my experience with the US Navy. No telling what the Soviets may have covered up...

 

[Guest102023]

A small part but cumulative

Members here should get acquainted with ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’, which IIRC dates back to the 1960s. I see it playing out daily, in many ways.

Though I am confident many members will totally misconstrue and/or attack the concept.

"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"

 

[JoshPlumSE]

There have been many ships and barges, military, civilian, American, Soviet. They all have modular reactors as have all been built within reasonable timeframes. Have they ever had serious incidents? And these are operated by our least competent organizations. It seems safe modular reactors have existed since the beginning of nuclear power. What am I missing here?

You make a really good point that many of us have overlooked. This is VERY possible and the technology is pretty proven. Makes you wonder why this hasn't already been done.

Personally, I think the public has an irrational fear of nuclear power. That and "faux" environmentalists prefer more problematic solar and wind as "clean" energy sources.

But, another obstacle would be security. A naval ship is pretty damned secure. Every person aboard is a member of the security team. It's got weapons to protect itself. Plus, it can move around. Anyone who's planning to blow it up or steal nuclear material from it has their work cut out for them. If there is a nuclear meltdown then the only ones directly affected are the crew (because the core would melt through the hull and fall into the ocean and be cooled by the sea water).

 

[dik]

I was well aware of that... I think it pre-dates Disney...

So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[rb1957]

then there's this (counter opinion) ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ3DvcXd3mM

"Hoffen wir mal, dass alles gut geht !"
General Paulus, Nov 1942, outside Stalingrad after the launch of Operation Uranus.

 

[Guest102023]

Thanks for that, rb1957

A balanced and comprehensive overview.

"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"

 

[Tmoose]

"A pickup truck and a boat in the driveway is a strictly American symbol...."

Just last night there was a family enjoying boating in an ad or something on the TV.. I suddenly was wondering what the price, size and weight might be for a 100 to 150 HP electric outboard-ish system.

 

[SnTMan]

Not to mention cruise time

The problem with sloppy work is that the supply FAR EXCEEDS the demand

 

[Guest102023]

Isn’t it interesting that so many bloated vehicles are named after wild locations they are helping destroy - Yukon, Denali, Sierra, Tundra, Dakota.

It was funny that after the Simpsons did their Canyonero episode, GM went and named one of the trucks ’Canyon’. Talk about tone deaf.

"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"

 

[TugboatEng]

Canyon was their compact fuel efficient model...

 

[Guest102023]

Canyon was their less large, less fuel inefficient model...

Fixed

"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"

 

[SwinnyGG]

I drove a Colorado with the diesel for 2 years, and averaged 28.7 mpg. And it was the off-roady ZR2 version.

 

[Guest102023]

We should all have purchased Colorados to drive down the price of fuel and lower CO2 emissions too

"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"