In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:08:03 -0500: Hi, [snip] >On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Otherwise a runaway is more likely. In fact as far as the grail metaphor >> goes, I think most engineers would STRONGLY prefer to control the reaction >> via P-in. > >If N quenches the reaction, tweeking by nitrogen injection is not a bad idea. > >T I doubt Nitrogen can be used as a regulatory mechanism. It probably poisons the whole lattice, so I suspect that the reactor wouldn't work again until you got rid of it. IOW it was a good idea to shut down a run-away (like dumping Boron into a fission reactor), but not something you could use continuously. Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
