The concept of a nuclear reactor requires that the system to go "critical" and have a self sustaining chain reaction. What they did is simply expose some thorium to a neutron source thereby causing a nuclear reaction. I cound not find any details about the neutron source. Any one know what it was? Did they rely on spontaneous fission of the thorium?
I tried to install win98 and the install process was painfully slow. Now admittedly I don't have a screamer of a machine, but I was surprise how slow the install went. I guess I'll have to try NTWS.
I just tried to view some of the videos at the ZD webcast URL given above. I get a compression error which may indicate that I need RealPlayer G2 (I have RP 5.0). If this is the case Linux users may have trouble watching the webcasts.
I'm curious about the DS20 clone from dcginc. I looked at their web site (http://www.dcginc.com) and could not find any information on the machine that you are refering to for $10k. How did you find out about this machine? Is this a 2-processor machine?
Wow! I can't believe all of the pro-Eudora messages on a mainly Linux site.
I used to use Eudora but was never happy with it. After using Pine for two years I find that it is vastly superior to Eudora. Don't let it's simple exterior fool you, Pine is a very powerful e-mail client.
I have heard good things about mutt and plan to try it soon.
I shop at CompUSA. But I know what I want when I go there and I know how much it should cost. The CompUSA prices are higher than mail order but for small ticket items (<$100) are typically the same price as mail order + s&h.
At least the sales people do not harass me like those at other stores (i.e. Circuit City, where I now refuse to shop).
Pu-239 can be used as fuel in standard thermal reactors in the form of mixed oxide (MOX). The fuel is 5-15% Pu-239 by weight depending upon the amount of the other Pu isotopes (240, 241, 242).
The point of the article is *not* that the plutonium will be burned up in reactors (which, of course, it will) but that the Russians have an easy process to convert the plutonium from its existing form (weapon components) to a powder that can be used for reactor fuel production.
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I read somewhere that Gates only plans to leave $1 million to each of his children. Everything else will be given to charities.
Any one know if this istrue???
You posted in the wrong area.
Actually, most of the weapons grade plutonium was produced in thermal reactors, not fast breader reactors.
"...didn't know the thorium isotope available from hardware stores was the one used in slow breeders."
Thorium is thorium no matter where you get it.
The concept of a nuclear reactor requires that the system to go "critical" and have a self sustaining chain reaction. What they did is simply expose some thorium to a neutron source thereby causing a nuclear reaction. I cound not find any details about the neutron source. Any one know what it was? Did they rely on spontaneous fission of the thorium?
This is a very good point. There have been some statements in the comp.lang.fortran group about Compaq porting their Fortran compiler to Linux.
I tried to install win98 and the install process was painfully slow. Now admittedly I don't have a screamer of a machine, but I was surprise how slow the install went. I guess I'll have to try NTWS.
I tried to install it on my laptop which has a DVD drive. It is not able to recognize it even as a CDROM drive.
I just tried to view some of the videos at the ZD webcast URL given above. I get a compression error which may indicate that I need RealPlayer G2 (I have RP 5.0). If this is the case Linux users may have trouble watching the webcasts.
Anyone have a url for the Linux beta of RP G2?
http://www.dne.bnl.gov/CoN/index.html
Thanks for the info.
Wow! I can't believe all of the pro-Eudora messages on a mainly Linux site.
I used to use Eudora but was never happy with it. After using Pine for two years I find that it is vastly superior to Eudora. Don't let it's simple exterior fool you, Pine is a very powerful e-mail client.
I have heard good things about mutt and plan to try it soon.
I shop at CompUSA. But I know what I want when I go there and I know how much it should cost. The CompUSA prices are higher than mail order but for small ticket items (<$100) are typically the same price as mail order + s&h.
At least the sales people do not harass me like those at other stores (i.e. Circuit City, where I now refuse to shop).
It would be a shame if you dropped it and its cheapo plastic case shattered. Many laptops are now coming with magnesium cases also.
Pu-239 can be used as fuel in standard thermal reactors in the form of mixed oxide (MOX). The fuel is 5-15% Pu-239 by weight depending upon the amount of the other Pu isotopes (240, 241, 242).
For more information on Pu disposition see: http://www.doe-md.com