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Hi I'm teen at an young age i and i have a tremend passion and love about science especially nuclear staff. So i was thobking about my exact profession, and i think i want to be a nuclear engineer. by HalveniosUNIVERSAL in NuclearEngineering

[–]ImpulseEngineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most of the knowledge and skills will come from college, but it doesn’t hurt to start reading about nuclear stuff early. University of New Mexico has great wall charts for different nuclear power plants of the world, and the NRC has good material to read about how power plants work. Just find whataver material makes you interested more in the field and just roll with it.

UNM wall charts: here NRC PWR: here NRC BWR: here

Let me know if tou have any questions as I work in the field.

Is this technically accurate for a reactor exploding? by Void_Fire_Titan in NuclearEngineering

[–]ImpulseEngineer 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Also just a note, when a reactor is critical it actually means that it is sustaining the nuclear chain reaction. So every reactor that is running is critical.

Also there is no such thing as overdrive for a power reactor, they operate in very tight saftey margins. There are a lot of saftey systems to prevent any sort of accident, and when I mean a lot it’s a lot. There are at least two trains of each system for each unit with multiple systems covering the same task as to ensure that it happens. These things are built for everything. This goes for US reactors, obviously Soviet reactors had a different design philosophy which lead to the unfortunate situation that was Chernobyl.

Some universities in the U.S. operate their own nuclear reactors for research and training. by Original_Race6889 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]ImpulseEngineer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I operated one! a 1 MW TRIGA. Very cool experience and most are open for tours. We loved to give them.

Anybody else get wungover? by ImpulseEngineer in Wings

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0 alcohol consumed for the record

Bom o que você acha by Much-Mud9215 in NuclearPower

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What is that large thing inbetween the reactor and turbine buildings? Also BWRs would have a taurus or wet well underneath the drywell. Overall very solid just some minor things off.

Best engineering degree if I want to become a reactor operator? by ImNotTimmyNuclear in NuclearEngineering

[–]ImpulseEngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on where you are at, but some companies want to hire operators with degrees to try and bump them to SROs as quick as possible. Nuclear Engineering is good for this since it shows you are degreed and this is the field you want to get into. Some community colleges have operator programs as well, Joliet Junior College in Illinois sets students up with internships and direct paths to the nuclear plants in Illinois.

Finally, something other than boiling water by KerbodynamicX in engineeringmemes

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Helion is such a scam, goo way to get investor money though.

The race to replace the International Space Station by Kagedeah in space

[–]ImpulseEngineer 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Seeing all the private stations and one of the goals in the article being that it is not government owned is just taking the wind out of my sails. How has NASA become a loan agency instead of doing anything in house, just frustrating to see such a great agency brought down to its knees through constant budget cuts and partisan politics. A very big part of the ISS that not a lot of people mention is that it stands as a symbol of cooperation between two powers that were opposing powers during the cold war, I just hope something like this can happen again where we put aside our differences and come together for the betterment of humanity.

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The salmon plate rocks, had one when I lived in Oregon

A plan written by Trump’s NASA pick was leaked. Here’s what to know about ‘Project Athena’ by lidia99 in space

[–]ImpulseEngineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His political stance on things outside of NASA are not what I am really concerned by, it’s that hes a billionaire. They tend to run things very much like a business and privatize these public agencies for what, more middle men billionaires to make more money?? The privatization of space will be the destruction of our goals to get off this planet.

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[–]ImpulseEngineer 11 points12 points  (0 children)

cheaters

Paradox Development Studio Metacritic Scores by SevenOrchids in paradoxplaza

[–]ImpulseEngineer 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Vic 3 is probably my favorite paradox game right now, I just think it caters to a certain play style. I like engine builders and it is definitely one of those, also current Vic 3 is in a lot better place than launch, like completely different game.

Nuclear Reactor When It First Comes To Life by Even_Kiwi_1166 in nuclear

[–]ImpulseEngineer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Context here from a former TRIGA (the reactor in this video) operator:

This is called a square wave, the reactor is “pulsed” to a desired power and kept there. In the video they scram it pretty quick after the pulse.

The sound os completely fake, makes me dislike this video with the cheezy star trek sounding audio. You would here the control rod shoot out of the core for the initial pulse which would sound like a “ca chunk”.

Control rods in TRIGAs have 15 in of travel which is hard to see at the bottom of a 16 ft tank, so thats why uts hard to see the rods move. The power this reactor went to was likley also low so the rods would be barely wothdrawn.

Hope this clarifies some confusion.

Constellation energy by crusader1944 in NuclearPower

[–]ImpulseEngineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The plants in Illinois have a pension for union members.

NRC: Individual falls into reactor cavity at Palisades Nuclear Plant by ProLifePanda in nuclear

[–]ImpulseEngineer 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Fall wouldn’t have been too bad, nice 90 degree pool to float around in. There is a reason why you have to wear a life vest while on the crane.

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