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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 21h

Given that the ADA requires the executive to essentially prosecute itself in situations like this, how do we fix it going forward? Say in the example of the first 3 years of a first term. Normally the statute of limitations running into a new president would deter, but nobody seems to consider that

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 1d

On the flip side for American military museums, the USN Undersea Museum had an excellent exhibit on LGBTQ submariners (and other social/people focused exhibits) in with the usual military equipment focused exhibits. I don't want to think about what that display looks like now though

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 1d

This is my struggle with a lot of museums of this type. I spent a lot of time at NMUSAF as a kid (tbf they've gotten better but it's an easy example). They could do all sorts of interesting things with interpretation, but often don't. A lot of this is driven by funding, but it's still disappointing

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 1d

That is correct. Like I said, I don't know how they can possibly hide their DoE connection

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe it's less obvious than say Bradbury, but that stated goal is just kind of nonsense. Nobody is creating that kind of non critical content without reason.

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 1d

Granted, it's been a long time since I visited, but as I recall, there's no plausible way for that to be true with any critical thinking at all. Like, given the subject matter, I don't think it's possible to do much of anything without heavy government involvement.

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 1d

Why are they cranky about you making information requests?

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 1d

The entire history of archeology in the southwest comes to mind. Glares at Chaco Canyon.

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 2d

This seems like a good way to make a judge peeved with you.

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 3d

Giving all the HPs at work 3d printed Co-60 sources has been a source of continual amusement

diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 3d

I finally gave in and bought a 3d printer last month and it has been so much fun, even for just printing silly stuff.

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 4d

One would almost think they're not conducting these RIFs with the care required to perform one correctly.

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 4d

A pretty significant number of plants had visitor centers. Most of them were a casualty of the post 9/11 increase in security, although some of them still allow visitors on occasion

diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 4d

My favorite is either the chunk of weld overlay or the BWR/1 spacer grid. The weld overlay because I'm a metals geek and it's a relic of a particularly painful period for the domestic BWR fleet and the fuel grid because anything from those early plants is hard to find.

diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 4d

I know that somewhere. Haha. I had a design sketch for a BNFL front gate sign that disappeared for over a year. I finally found it again.

diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks! They pop up, I'll keep an eye out for another one

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 4d

Woah! That's awesome!

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 5d

@nuclearanthro.bsky.social my colleagues keep asking when I pour the first concrete for a new plant. Collecting this stuff is way too much fun

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 5d

I love fuel pellet cards! I haven't made a priority of collecting them, but they're a great communication tool and almost every plant made them at some point.

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 7d

In continuing tales of nuclear, something for @nuclearanna.bsky.social . Fuel pellet cards were a common promotional item for plants. This one is from the ANS, paired with probably the fanciest example I've ever seen (from Trojan). This continues today (the local utility gives them away at Pride)

A paperweight and postcard with simulated nuclear fuel pellets and a description of the energy content equivalent on fossil fuels

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 6d

They managed to convince the ACRS to license it, which is even more remarkable.

Even more cursed thought, it's a forced recirc BWR... Could they get power oscillations after a loss of recirculation? I wonder what their power range monitoring scheme looked like.

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 6d

Finally, the AEC loved giving HEU to everyone. Glares at all the research reactors originally licensed to run on it

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 6d

I'm just glad that someone else appreciates exactly how deranged this design was

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 6d

Look, the 1960s were a wild time. ATWS (anticipated transient without scram) is a term that came later than this design, but having a slow run back in the HEU portion of the core certainly is a choice that you can make.

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 6d

They seriously damaged the superheater fuel elements too. Also, can you imagine the core physics for something like this? Particularly if say, you had something like an ATWS with an MSIV closure?

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diabolicalengineer.bsky.social @diabolicalengineer.bsky.social · 7d

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Pathfinder: A Path Not Taken

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