The duration of a xenon precluded core depends on a lot of factors, two of which are core age and operating power level. Some reactors don't suffer from xenon preclusion until the core has been in operation for awhile. The duration of the shutdown due to xenon has to do with the ability of the reactor/operators to overcome the huge poisoning affect of the xenon that has built up in the core during operation. If the core is operating at a high power for an extended time, xenon will be at a much higher level than if the reactor was operating at a low level for the same time. The result is a much shorter shutdown time at lower operating power.
The Turkey point reactors were back up in a matter of hours which leads me to believe that they were either: a) operating at low power before the shutdown, or b) the core is young enough not to suffer from xenon preclusion.
Hell, time to pack up the bags, and head up the the 'Great White North', eh, Hosers?
Really, could it be that good? I mean if it's sounds too good to be true...it's got to be, right? I mean every true blooded geek and his/her mother would pack up and move to Canada for uber cheap DSL/Cable.
Am I right, or am I right? I mean, what else is there to life but a fat internet pipe to plug your boxen into?
Is it just me or is everyone of these guys totally crazy?
I mean, Christ, I really want to vote, but I'm totally undecided.(well, not totally. Socialists before Republicans.) All the candidates seem totally worthless. All the 'Mudslinging' doesn't make anything easier, because you can't belive any of it. Mostly because it's a mis-quote or something taken completly out of context. Personally the current system makes me sick.
I'm currently using 2 PCI cards in my system. I have a Soundblaster PCI64 for linux, and a Diamond Monster Sound MX300 for Windows. Hopefully, I'll be able to take out the soundblaster when the MX300 is *finally* supported with opensound, but until then I'm happy with my setup.
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Or just use a reactor that doesn't use a liquid metal as coolant. Classification by coolant
The duration of a xenon precluded core depends on a lot of factors, two of which are core age and operating power level. Some reactors don't suffer from xenon preclusion until the core has been in operation for awhile. The duration of the shutdown due to xenon has to do with the ability of the reactor/operators to overcome the huge poisoning affect of the xenon that has built up in the core during operation. If the core is operating at a high power for an extended time, xenon will be at a much higher level than if the reactor was operating at a low level for the same time. The result is a much shorter shutdown time at lower operating power.
The Turkey point reactors were back up in a matter of hours which leads me to believe that they were either: a) operating at low power before the shutdown, or b) the core is young enough not to suffer from xenon preclusion.
Dude, you forgot pr0n. ;-)
Hell, time to pack up the bags, and head up the the 'Great White North', eh, Hosers?
Really, could it be that good? I mean if it's sounds too good to be true...it's got to be, right? I mean every true blooded geek and his/her mother would pack up and move to Canada for uber cheap DSL/Cable.
Am I right, or am I right? I mean, what else is there to life but a fat internet pipe to plug your boxen into?
YEAH! Go Big BLUE!
Err...Umm...WHITE!
Yeah! Go BIG WHITE!
I mean, Christ, I really want to vote, but I'm totally undecided.(well, not totally. Socialists before Republicans.) All the candidates seem totally worthless. All the 'Mudslinging' doesn't make anything easier, because you can't belive any of it. Mostly because it's a mis-quote or something taken completly out of context. Personally the current system makes me sick.
I'm currently using 2 PCI cards in my system. I have a Soundblaster PCI64 for linux, and a Diamond Monster Sound MX300 for Windows. Hopefully, I'll be able to take out the soundblaster when the MX300 is *finally* supported with opensound, but until then I'm happy with my setup.