June 3, 200620 yr Some of you might have noticed I've been absent the past few days. Well, I've been at an engineering camp at one of the state colleges, and it's been frieking great. But that's not the point. I got to see a nuclear reactor... eeeeeee /me runs around the room giggling <-- twas in that building <-- we got to stand pretty much where they were (right behind them is the pool and about 20 feet down are the rods) And then they pulsed it for us (Pulled out a control rod and slammed it back in) It looks pretty much like these pictures, but not as close since we were 20 feet up. It was really amazing to watch that because it lasted for around 5 minutes, and then the guy up there with us showed how they kept rust off of the pipes (by circulating the water with a hair dryer). Yes, a hair dryer, that's how pure the water is o.o That was pertty much it, but it was a lifetime experience. I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam.
June 3, 200620 yr Seemed if you had a pretty good time. :) Just dont press any buttons or we all go BOOM. "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is."
June 3, 200620 yr I'm glad you had a good time. I don't think I could go there. I'd be too scared to touch anything, and I'd probably dart out the closest exit at the first indication of something going wrong.
June 3, 200620 yr I went to the one in Texas A&M about 2 years ago, it made up for about 7 hours of plane hopping to get there and a week without a computer or tv other than the weather channel. Did you get the "I want to go swimming" or "what if I went swimming?" feelings when you were there?
June 3, 200620 yr Author I went to the one in Texas A&M about 2 years ago, it made up for about 7 hours of plane hopping to get there and a week without a computer or tv other than the weather channel. Did you get the "I want to go swimming" or "what if I went swimming?" feelings when you were there? More of the "I want to drink that" :P I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam.
June 3, 200620 yr I went to the one in Texas A&M about 2 years ago, it made up for about 7 hours of plane hopping to get there and a week without a computer or tv other than the weather channel. Did you get the "I want to go swimming" or "what if I went swimming?" feelings when you were there? More of the "I want to drink that" :P :shock: Never in my entire life, would I think that... More like "What would happen if someone drank that?". Notice the lack of my thinking that I would do it.
June 3, 200620 yr Author I went to the one in Texas A&M about 2 years ago, it made up for about 7 hours of plane hopping to get there and a week without a computer or tv other than the weather channel. Did you get the "I want to go swimming" or "what if I went swimming?" feelings when you were there? More of the "I want to drink that" :P :shock: Never in my entire life, would I think that... More like "What would happen if someone drank that?". Notice the lack of my thinking that I would do it. Well, it's pure water... and it doesn't sound like it'd be very radioactive. Only thing I'm worried about is it not being all that cold :P I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam.
June 3, 200620 yr Author Seemed if you had a pretty good time. :) Just dont press any buttons or we all go BOOM. Don't worry :P I believe they said that right now it's only powerful enough to power one house, but theyre trying to get a license for 1250kW I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam.
June 3, 200620 yr I went to the one in Texas A&M about 2 years ago, it made up for about 7 hours of plane hopping to get there and a week without a computer or tv other than the weather channel. Did you get the "I want to go swimming" or "what if I went swimming?" feelings when you were there? More of the "I want to drink that" :P That was the one thought that didn't pass my mind lol, the guy said the water was pure enough that it would remove vitamens or something from your body if you drank it. Not that it would change my mind when I wanted to touch the glowing rods that I knew I could swim to (I was able to easily reach the bottom of the 15 foot pool at the heath club near my house) :P .
June 3, 200620 yr Cool! Now I know where they got the Mako Reactor idea from :P This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you.
June 3, 200620 yr Pardon my limited knowledge on nuclear reactors... But, doesn't that water get REALLY REALLY hot at some point?
June 3, 200620 yr Author Pardon my limited knowledge on nuclear reactors... But, doesn't that water get REALLY REALLY hot at some point? It wasn't like boiling or anything :P And they weren't using it to generate electricity either I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam.
June 3, 200620 yr Then what's the purpose of the water being there? I think its safe to assume that the water going in isnt hot. :wink: The Enrichment Center reminds you that the weighted companion cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak. In the event that the weighted companion cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice.
June 3, 200620 yr Is it just me, or does that building look decidedly run-down for a nuclear reactor? Where the bloody hell are you?
June 3, 200620 yr Author Is it just me, or does that building look decidedly run-down for a nuclear reactor? The outside might not look so hot, but the inside looks a lot better (even has some humorous touches, like a flotation device hanging next to the pool (can't think of the name, but the circly things)) I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam.
June 4, 200620 yr That's AWESOME :D And any money they use for the upkeep probably goes to keeping the high-tech stuff working great... not improving the aesthetics of the building. :D Everybody hug and spread the love :D
June 4, 200620 yr I think they're life buoys, but who knows? And isn't the water having like one extra proton/neutron/electron to make it more of an insulator? Goals: 80/80 Range, 75/90 Strength, 77/85 Attack, 64/76 Fishing and crafting 31k natures (o.O)
June 4, 200620 yr id be scared lol ... wish i got to go there.. ahh well when im rich :wink: hows the weather up there. where the rich people live. currently, in the poor area its -1.
June 4, 200620 yr :) I thought the building looked pretty run-down too. I also thought that the water was there to serve as a coolant. I read that the reactions going on inside the rods make the water extremely hot.
June 4, 200620 yr Author id be scared lol ... wish i got to go there.. ahh well when im rich :wink: :P They hold tours at most low power research facilities ;) Just look around to see if a local uni has a reactor :P I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam.
June 4, 200620 yr Sounds like you had fun; though it does look like nuclear reactor from soviet russia :wink: I never went to a Nuclear Reactor, but I did manage to go to the Lawerence Livermore Lab's National Ignition Facility where they were building a chamber for nuclear fusion experiments. (ooooohhhhh ahhhhh lasers!) dude i got pked and lost my full zezima
June 4, 200620 yr Author Sounds like you had fun; though it does look like nuclear reactor from soviet russia :wink: I never went to a Nuclear Reactor, but I did manage to go to the Lawerence Livermore Lab's National Ignition Facility where they were building a chamber for nuclear fusion experiments. (ooooohhhhh ahhhhh lasers!) There was a story that the Assistant Dean of Engineering told us about a Russian General who came over a few years after the Cold War and pointed to that unlabelled (and not on a map yet or anything as being a nuclear reactor) building and asked what kind of research they were doing with the nuclear reactor. The dean was pretty surprised that he knew it was a nuclear reactor and asked how he knew that. The general said that they had a map of every single nuclear reactor in the United States o.o I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam.
June 4, 200620 yr Is it just me, or does that building look decidedly run-down for a nuclear reactor? That does. I wouldn't want to live anywhere close to that...I mean...What protection has it got? A steel fence? ^The most disturbing signature on Tip.it^Last.fm|HELLY KAYLA!|Oh the mehagurtz!|#Siencemakers"they care less about their spelling mistakes then I." - Lionheart"apinagez... let me
June 4, 200620 yr The hydroelectric power plant I went to in Niagara Falls > that pollutant :P :: Guess the Movie Contest Champion: pfilc23 ::
Create an account or sign in to comment