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Nuclear Reactors As Art

Posted by kdawson on from the springfield-diagrammed dept.

Hemos recommends the coverage over at Wired of a project to digitize nuclear reactor art. "Not all nuclear reactors are built alike. Power plant designs can vary in their fuels, coolants, and configurations, a fact beautifully illustrated by a series of reactor wall charts originally published in issues of Nuclear Engineering International during the 1970s and 1980s. Since then, the charts have been lovingly collected by Ronald Knief, a nuclear engineer at Sandia National Laboratory. Recently, he completed his collection... and began to digitize the drawings. The first eight out of more than 100 have now been permanently archived online... 'This is not a CAD/CAM-type thing,' Knief said. 'This really is art.'"

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  1. Chicken Little by Ceiynt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh no, he's helping the terrorists by showing them what a reactor looks like and how it works. The Iranian people can use that to build 100billion teratons of nukes to kill stuff. Hang him.

    1. Re:Chicken Little by Rebelgecko · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, a rouge state is one that wears too much makeup.

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  2. Everything I see... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    reminds me of her.

    http://www.panoramio.com/photo/17343737

  3. Great! by SEWilco · · Score: 4, Funny

    I give this a glowing review.

  4. No Chernobyl? by WidescreenFreak · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't believe that there's no Chernobyl reactor as art! I think that in its current state it has a very Dali-melted-watch look to it with a bit of Picasso thrown in.

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