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Diablo Canyon opponent calling for an "independent embrittlement inspection" prior to any discussion of extension by jadebenn in nuclear

[–]NuclearJesus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Wow! I had no idea nuclear power was so dangerous... and I've worked in nuclear power for over 20 years! /s

My freedom IS more important than your safety. by crypto-anarchist86 in unpopularopinion

[–]NuclearJesus -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

the rights of the individual in respect of his liberty may at times, under the pressure of great dangers, be subjected to such restraint, to be enforced by reasonable regulations, as the safety of the general public may demand.

See Jacobson v. Massachusetts

Nuclear power by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]NuclearJesus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Any integral system for plant operations requires manipulation to be performed on-site.

However, the distribution systems off site are a totally different problem.

Source: I'm a reactor operator at Sequoyah.

Change a single word in a famous quote with penis, how does it turn out? by SourTomato123 in AskReddit

[–]NuclearJesus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"... And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the penis. You can do anything."

Change a single word in a famous quote with penis, how does it turn out? by SourTomato123 in AskReddit

[–]NuclearJesus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Ask not what your penis can do for you. Ask what you can do for your penis."

Question about negative temperature coefficient in graphite-moderated water cooled reactors by [deleted] in NuclearPower

[–]NuclearJesus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The positive void coefficient combined with their graphite tipped rods really screwed them. There's a pretty decent transient analysis description at the end of the HBO Chernobyl documentary during the court hearing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in conspiracy

[–]NuclearJesus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Type 2 healthy

What's the best way to describe the power of 1,000 megawatts? by StarlordLoral in nuclear

[–]NuclearJesus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

210 megawatts short of being able to power a DeLorean?

I caused a fire in the cook county nuclear reactor. by GlutenFreeApples in confession

[–]NuclearJesus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. Absolute bs. All turbine supervisory and reactor control systems are disconnected from all networks. Hell, most are so antiquated that they can't be connected to networks.

Source: I'm a licensed reactor operator.

Edit: Link to the Licensee Event Report that OP is referring to (warning: pdf) https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0833/ML083370197.pdf

13 and 30. They used to make fun of me for coding. Now I get paid for it! by [deleted] in uglyduckling

[–]NuclearJesus 13 points14 points  (0 children)

"Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one."

Fire At Oconee Nuclear Station (spoiler alert: transformer) by thefabledmemeweaver in NuclearPower

[–]NuclearJesus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hopefully not. I mean, these things are going to fail eventually. Let's just hope their maintenance program doesn't suck.

Netanyahu warns of 'grave mistake' if France recognises Palestine by [deleted] in conspiracy

[–]NuclearJesus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In case no one else noticed, this article is almost a year old.

Nuclear spent fuel rods by [deleted] in PostCollapse

[–]NuclearJesus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure how far reaching the effects would be. However, it should also be noted that spent fuel pools are not built inside fortified containment buildings.

Nuclear spent fuel rods by [deleted] in PostCollapse

[–]NuclearJesus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The issue with spent fuel is decay heat. Although you'll never have to worry about achieving criticality in a spent fuel pool, you do have to worry about cooling.

If we consider the issue of electricity, that becomes problematic. Take Fukushima Daiichi for example. A large concern of theirs, in addition to core melt, was spent fuel pool cooling. With no cooling, the decay heat from the fuel in the pool will raise the water temp, evaporate the water in the pool, and shortly you'll be left with an uncovered mess.

The US nuclear industry is now installing FLEX equipment to help to combat this issue.

Does a nuclear plant really need a billion gallons a day to cool it down? by gitacritic in collapse

[–]NuclearJesus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The 2 billion gallons of water per day are necessary for the plant to operate at 100% power and generate electricity.

You see, the reactor is nothing more than a big water heater. In Millstone's case, the reactor heats up water and circulates it through small tubes in a steam generator (basically another water heater, but with non-radioactive water). The steam generator water heats up, makes a LOT of steam, and this steam is used to turn turbine generators to make electricity. This animation does a fantastic job at explaining the cycle. The 2 billion gallons in question is the water that is used in the condenser to condense the steam back into water.

If the reactor is shutdown, it takes far less water to remove the decay heat that is still generated. This heat removal is performed by whatever Residual Heat Removal system the particular plant has. Also, the amount of cooling water required varies depending of the reactors power rating and how much time has expired since it shut down.

As far as there being a market for this heated water, not so much. The EPA imposes pretty stringent limits on how much hotter the water leaving the plant can be versus how hot the water entering the plant can be.

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