nuclear power

  1. R

    Different British nuclear reactors?

    I keep bumping into this from different angles, its technically very interesting to me so I'll ask the question here and see what happens. In the late 50s Britain was looking for a more commercially oriented nuclear power reactor type to follow on from it's operationally successful but not very...
    • Rule of cool
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    • 1960s 1970s alternate history atomic energy establishment winfrith atomic era atoms for peace british commonwealth cold war dounreay nuclear power development establishment great britain late 1950s naval reactor nuclear nuclear power united kingdom atomic energy authority
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. J

    There are two types of nuclear reactors

    There are two types of nuclear reactors: those manufactured by Europeans, which are an environmental hazard, and those manufactured by the Chinese, which contribute to regenerating the planet...
    • Justo Miranda
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    • early 21st century nuclear power people's republic of china western europe
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: The Bar
  3. G

    William Anders dead; killed in plane crash; was 90

    News just came over the transom to me. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/bill-anders-apollo-8-astronaut-took-earthrise-photo-dies-plane-crash-w-rcna156149
    • greenmartian2017
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    • air force weapons laboratory apollo program cold war moon nasa nuclear power space age space race united states air force
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: The Bar
  4. S

    Naval Nuclear Reactor Discussion

    Single steam loop? Go F yourself, Mister DeGaulle! There's a reason everyone else keeps the primary loop inside the reactor compartment and lets it boil water in the secondary loop to spin the turbines.
  5. E

    The year in clean energy: Wind, solar and batteries grow despite economic challenges

    https://apnews.com/article/solar-wind-batteries-clean-energy-fossil-fuels-3bbcbc555b6ff2af27e0ceeb76eb782e
    • edwest4
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    • nuclear power solar-powered wind
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    • Forum: The Bar
  6. Voltzz

    Autonomous Marine PowerSource (AMPS)

    I found short article in MILTECH on the AMPS, a Canadian project for a small scale nuclear reactor for use as air-independent-propulsion in submarines. Further research turned up a couple of interesting studies, which i attached to this post. THE AMPS 1000: AN ADVANCED REACTOR DESIGN FOR MARINE...
    • Voltzz
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    • aip canada naval reactor nuclear power nuclear powered vessels submarine
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  7. Flyaway

    Artificial Intelligence - General News

    New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using AI https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65709834
    • Flyaway
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    • 21st century cloud computing computing cpu cybernetics electronics expert systems hardware based a.i. microprocessors neural networks nuclear power robotics software based a.i.
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    • Forum: The Bar
  8. Z

    Should Australia get The Bomb?

    In the title and best kept as theory. But at least worth exploring this. Certainly we have a AH history option which above all shows Australia doesn't lack the theoretical capacity to achieve this. But in terms of operations, it would seem best for them to either build silos or road train...
  9. uk 75

    Australian Nuclear Weapons

    Anyone interested in Australian attitudes to getting nuclear weapons should start with this thread that explains how difficult it is and the US role. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/uk-thermonuclear-warheads.10419/post-98670 The UK experience with the US would be similar for Australia.
    • uk 75
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    • australian army australian defence force british commonwealth cabinet defence committee (australia) cold war cold war ii commonwealth of australia department of air (australia) department of the army (australia) department of the navy (australia) nuclear nuclear battlefield nuclear power post-cold war royal australian air force royal australian navy southeast asia treaty organization tactical nuke
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  10. Flyaway

    Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

    Good explainer about SMRs one of the most important answers in looking for non-carbon power generation. https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-are-small-modular-reactors-smrs
    • Flyaway
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    • 21st century cold war ii nuclear nuclear power small nuclear reactors
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: The Bar
  11. Flyaway

    DARPA moving forward with development of nuclear powered spacecraft

    Seems to have quite an early proposed flight date of fiscal year 2026. https://spacenews.com/darpa-moving-forward-with-development-of-nuclear-powered-spacecraft/
    • Flyaway
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    • 2020s darpa nasa nuclear power nuclear rockets united states
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  12. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    Construction of the Dounreay Fast Reactor

    View: https://youtu.be/JIkYOFxcqRg
    • A Tentative Fleet Plan
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    • 1960s cold war dounreay nuclear power development establishment great britain nuclear power royal navy united kingdom united kingdom atomic energy authority vulcan naval reactor test establishment
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Bar
  13. Grey Havoc

    Taishan Nuclear Incident (ongoing)

    https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/14/politics/china-nuclear-reactor-leak-us-monitoring/index.html https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/558253-company-warns-of-imminent-radiological-threat-from-leak-at-chinese
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2021 guangdong province nuclear power people's republic of china
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    • Forum: The Bar
  14. Grey Havoc

    35th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster

    https://news.trust.org/item/20210422092357-ow04l/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1980s 2021 biorobots chernobyl chernobyl exclusion zone cold war nuclear power soviet union ukraine unesco
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    • Forum: The Bar
  15. tequilashooter

    Antarctic/Arctic Rush

    Surprised that this wasn't being discussed or have its own thread but it regards militarization, icebreaker projects, living in cold conditions, transporting fuel, possibly another area of conflict later. Examples of starting off thread to get the general idea...
    • tequilashooter
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    • 21st century adélie land antarctica arctic argentine antarctica australian antarctic territory british antarctic survey british antarctic territory canada chilean antarctic territory cold war ii icebreaker marie byrd land nuclear power people's republic of china peter i island queen maud land ross dependency russian federation united states antarctic program
    • Replies: 53
    • Forum: The Bar
  16. QuadroFX

    Russian nuclear propulsion spacecraft "Nuklon"

    Nuclear propulsion spacecraft "Nuklon" / "Нуклон" / "Nucleon" also known as TEM / ТЭМ ( Transport and Energy Module ) / Транспортно-Энергетический Модуль / Transportno-Energeticheskiy Modul' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEM_(nuclear_propulsion) The assembly process has started! :cool...
    • QuadroFX
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    • 21st century deep space probes nuclear power nuclear rockets roscosmos russia russian federation
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  17. Flyaway

    Nuclear Fusion

    AI will help solve problems with nuclear fusion or so at least the US Federal government seems to believe. https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-provide-21-million-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-research...
    • Flyaway
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    • cold war cold war ii early 21st century late 20th century nuclear power post-cold war
    • Replies: 255
    • Forum: The Bar
  18. Flyaway

    Europa Clipper

    Time this has its own thread. https://spacenews.com/europa-clipper-seeking-savings-as-cost-reserves-plummet/
    • Flyaway
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    • 2000s 2010s 2020s deep space probes jet propulsion laboratory late 1990s nasa nuclear power
    • Replies: 209
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  19. panzerfeist1

    Interplanetary Travel Besides the Moon Projects

    Roscosmos sets task of drafting Venus exploration program tass.com "KHIMKI, January 31. /TASS/. Roscosmos has set a task of drafting a Venus exploration program similar in scale to Russia’s lunar program. The new program will incorporate the project Venera-D, the leading designer of the...
  20. V

    Giant Soviet nuclear powered flying boat

    In an interview with Discovery aired on the Planes That Never Flew episode about the WS-125, George Kerevan mentioned that the Soviet Union came up with a proposal for a nuclear-powered flying boat weighing 1,000 tons. The 1,000 ton flying boat had a wingspan over over 420 feet and four...
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