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From: cuhulin on 9 Apr 2010 10:43 Many years ago some cars had built in air pumps for airing up tires.There was a little lever to start the air pump and a length of air hose.Put the car in neutral with the engine running, hook up the air hose and flip that little lever and they could air up those tires.It was a Martha Stewart Good thing. cuhulin
From: cuhulin on 9 Apr 2010 23:26 He could use those rusting nukes up on blocks to power his house. cuhulin
From: Scott Dorsey on 10 Apr 2010 08:23 hls <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote: > >Ever wonder why the powerplants from decommissioned submarines >have not been converted to power generation at suitable sites on >land? > >I suspect the technical problems would be minimal in some cases, but >the licensing, inspection, and general red tape would be overwhelming. In the US, the Navy powerplants run with much higher flux densities and with much smaller safety margins than would be allowed in a civilian power station. Different design for different application... even the fuel they use is substantially different. I'm surprised the Russians haven't done it, though. Back in the cold war days, the Russians were willing to operate some very high energy power reactors under conditions that would never have been permitted in the west. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
From: cuhulin on 10 Apr 2010 09:38 I don't think U.S.Navy wants their decomissioned nuclear power Ship/Submarine plants to be used for any other purposes.I wasn't in the Navy, so what do I know? GO ARMY, GO NAVY, GO AIR FORCE, GO MARINES, GO COAST GUARD. cuhulin
From: chuckcar on 13 Apr 2010 13:01
AZ Nomad <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote in news:slrnhs2db9.97g.aznomad.3(a)ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net: > On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:00:20 -0500, hls <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote: > Probably because nobody wants a power plant that is ten thousand > times more expensive per watt to operate than a standard atomic power > plant and can only supply enough power to a town of 100,000. > No that's why the US doesn't *have* nuclear power now. No one wanted to pay for proper maintenance for even the cheapest reactors. -- (setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) ) |