Beyond NERVA 🌈 @BeyondNerva

Tweets about nuclear power, space, and related fields. All comments on my own head only. She/her beyondnerva.com Joined July 2018

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Beyond NERVA 🌈 @BeyondNerva

4 years ago

@GrumpyEcon Oh, to follow up on this: if it wasn't radioactive, they just pulled a production unit, then used some black plastic to simulate the fuel itself. No guarantees that it would have been flight worthy, but they INTENDED it to be

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4 years ago

From humble things come great discoveries. The Light Weight Radioisotope Heater Unit is probably one of the most enabling technologies for US deep space probes, all in a unit about the size of the last joint of your thumb.

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4 years ago

@GrumpyEcon They only have two fun time staff, both museum curators not astronuke, and the subject is far beyond their knowledge, but what they know they share. Just be aware that it's a tiny museum, with me staff than they need, so be patient and understanding. Jackie is awesome, though.

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4 years ago

@GrumpyEcon I did see ALSEP mock ups as well, but they were less flashy. I think you can see one in the video of all the goodies on the table somewhere...

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4 years ago

@GrumpyEcon I would recommend reaching out to the director of the Mound Cold War Discovery Center's director, Jaclyn Miller, on that question. No guarantees that she'll be able to answer- they don't have a dedicated astronuke historian - but she MAY be able to help: [email protected]

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4 years ago

@GrumpyEcon This was a "let's sell it to the politicos" model

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4 years ago

@GrumpyEcon Mound Museum in Miamisburg... just like the rest of these shots

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4 years ago

@EdPheil @DanaEn803 @nyrath @wingod @katyhuff @nuclearkatie Fission candle isn't the same thing, and you know that.

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4 years ago

@EdPheil @DanaEn803 @nyrath @wingod @katyhuff @nuclearkatie You're great on neuronics, hence why I ask you these questions... then you do this sort of thing. Seriously, this is fucking TWITTER. This is a playground for ideas, and you pull THIS juvenile BS? Guess you earned that rep...

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4 years ago

@EdPheil @DanaEn803 @nyrath @wingod @katyhuff @nuclearkatie If you use burnable poisons that increase the fissile density fast enough to make up for moderation loss, and design the reactor around this idea, then it MAY be theoretically POSSIBLE. That's literally all I asked, and you decided to treat me like a high schooler.

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4 years ago

@EdPheil @DanaEn803 @nyrath @wingod @katyhuff @nuclearkatie non -starter, but from a reactor design point of view, is changing the n spectrum of a reactor to mitigate moderation loss a thing that's even theoretically POSSIBLE?

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4 years ago

@EdPheil @DanaEn803 @nyrath @wingod @katyhuff @nuclearkatie Ok, in kinda wondering about changing the n spectrum of a reactor over time to mitigate moderation loss (theoretically, at least). Sure, you're looking at running a LEU reactor with HALEU (or HEU with HALEU) fuel with LOTS of burnable poisons to do it, and that's a regulatory...

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4 years ago

@VAXHeadroom @GalvinAlmanza I saw them! They're great!

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4 years ago

Awesome photos of KIWI-A! H/t @MrBeamJockey

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4 years ago

Oh wow, looks like it was in fact Jack. Here he is with the scientists (playing horseshoes according to the note) and with his camera.

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Beyond NERVA 🌈 @BeyondNerva

4 years ago

@waynehale And as epic as Lindberg's flight was, there's was even more epic - in the classic "you did an insanely awesome thing, but I wouldn't wish that experience on my worst enemy" way.

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4 years ago

@ValsAerospace Just saying...

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4 years ago

@ValsAerospace HMU before you do that! I did a personal tour at Mound Museum with their director that I just haven't had the energy to write up... I could even get you in touch with her if you want! I know I haven't been publishing recently, but the research is FAR ahead of writing!