I know there was a project which was called something like "the reference design". It was intended to be fail-safe and to serve as a standard.
--- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 11:08 AM cody dooderson <[email protected]> wrote: > I have seen rumors of micro nuclear reactors that are relatively safe. > They can fit in a semi truck trailer and are nice alternatives to the giant > custom made power plants we use now. However I wouldn't want one too close > to my house or food supply. > > Cody Smith > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 10:33 AM Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> So Texas is below average in percent of electric power from nuclear. My >> dad worked for Westinghouse Nuclear Energy Systems. He was involved in >> several US plants but was eventually Manager of Latin American projects. I >> know he worked on nuclear plants in Brazil and Puerto Rico. >> >> When I was working in the Robotics Institute Raj Reddy became aware that >> automation was somehow involved in the Three Mile Island accident. He >> asked me to ask my dad what happened so I got a written report from him. >> As I recall the automation worked as designed but a human operator overrode >> it causing the damage. I still have that write-up somewhere. >> >> --- >> Frank C. Wimberly >> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, >> Santa Fe, NM 87505 >> >> 505 670-9918 >> Santa Fe, NM >> >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 10:08 AM cody dooderson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> @Frank It looks like there are 2 Nuclear plants in Texas. They are >>> called the South Texas Project and Comanche Peak, which accounted for about >>> 8% of the total electricity in 2019 ☢️ >>> >>> Cody Smith >>> >>> ☢️ >>> https://www.eia.gov/beta/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/1?agg=2,0,1&fuel=vtvv&geo=0000000002&sec=g&freq=A&start=2001&end=2019&ctype=linechart<ype=pin&tab=generation&maptype=0&rse=0&pin= >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 9:14 AM Barry MacKichan < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> To quote the zeitgeist, a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. >>>> >>>> On 16 Feb 2021, at 22:51, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> https://www.texaspolicy.com/heres-how-the-texas-energy-grid-fell-short/ >>>> >>>> Another viewpoint on the Texas Powergrid mystery. >>>> >>>> Clean energy is definitely made the boogie man here. >>>> >>>> n >>>> >>>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>>> >>>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>>> >>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>> >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
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