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Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:12:42 2011 No.2703521 [Reply] [Original]

how do you turn a nuclear power station off?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:13:42 2011 No.2703526 smack phobos into it

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:14:42 2011 No.2703532 >>2703526 the moon phobos??? are you sure?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:15:42 2011 No.2703537 Use HAARP to make an earthquake

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:15:42 2011 No.2703539 Insert control rods all the way, circulate cooling water for a few months/years. Seal in concrete.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:15:42 2011 No.2703544 File: 101 KB, 500x391, 1289785216627.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2703532 yes

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:16:42 2011 No.2703545 >>2703539 This. Sucks to be you if the water pumps fail

>>	снайпер Mon Mar 14 17:17:42 2011 No.2703552 >>2703521 You use a neutron moderator [e.g. control rods] to absorb all the neutrons being produced by the radioactive fuel.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:17:42 2011 No.2703553 so they cant turn them off in other words?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:19:42 2011 No.2703565 >>2703553 radioactive materials will always radiate till there is nothing left.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:20:42 2011 No.2703572 >>2703553 define turning off. chain reaction? yep no problem decay heat? not so much

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:20:42 2011 No.2703570 >>2703544 FUCK ME SILLY! how the hell are we going to get phobos down to earth with out Discovery!

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:21:42 2011 No.2703581 File: 4 KB, 126x96, 1283995545013.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2703570 smack deimos into it

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:22:42 2011 No.2703584 couldn't they just remove the core, abd place it somewhere away from anything with hydrogen in it?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:23:42 2011 No.2703594 couldn't they just remove the core, and place it somewhere away from anything with hydrogen in it?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:25:42 2011 No.2703605 >>2703584 Replacing fuel rods in a reactor is a logistical nightmare under perfect conditions. You wouldn't be able to remove the rods fast enough in an emergency.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:30:42 2011 No.2703635 it really is flawed concept then isn't. who smart idea was it to build power stations with such a unstable fuel, when there is just no means to turn it off. give me a wind mill anyday.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:31:42 2011 No.2703644 >>2703635 You can stop most of the reaction, just the stuff that doesn't require neutrons is harder to control.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:34:42 2011 No.2703662 >>2703605 >make the fuel rods into circular tubes >removing the rods and replacing them is as simple as turning a wheel Well shit looks like I just invented the generation V reactor

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:34:42 2011 No.2703661 >>2703635 it's as smart idea as using solid rocket motors on a manned space craft.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:35:42 2011 No.2703664 Good luck powering Tokyo on windmills.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 14 17:39:42 2011 No.2703704 >>2703662 Not when each one is fucking hot and radioactive. It takes ages to remove fuel rods and dispose of them.

>>	снайпер Mon Mar 14 20:59:42 2011 No.2705181 >>2703635 >give me a wind mill anyday. Heh. Instead of being hard to turn off, it'll turn off randomly all by itself whenever it feels like it.