Not, as they say, if you send it at night
Interesting survey results..and look what Gordon said.
Jul 08, 2008
35 Replies
LOL But educate me here, just what fires up a nuclear reactor?
Dave
A bit of kindling, some newspaper, a box of matches, a few lunches with Sarko and a substantial contract with Areva.
I understood that as a child, but as I get older, I can't remember the base fuel for a reactor. If I could speak to my brother who worked in that industry, I wouldn't have asked my question. He is in Australia and fast asleep right now :-)
Dave
Neutrons.
It is surprisingly difficult to hit the sun with anything. The combination of energy conservation (which speeds the thing up as it falls) and angular momentum conservation (which increases the tangential velocity as the radius decreases) means that a tiny initial error is enough to slingshot it round the sun and off again into an elliptical orbit which - by definition - intersects that of the earth. Oo-er.
Ian
They come in many flavours, as you well know.
Dave
Thermal neutrons on the starting handle
Not a fast breeder then ...
Bollox,
Its Kryptonite, for sure.
No, just fast one and slower ones.
Only if you wear your underpants on the outside
Nah. Phlogiston.
not since 1700.
He did produce 4 children in fast response, does that count :-)
Dave
I expect it to be mushrooming...
K.
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