The Misplaced Menace of Nuclear Power
The key to embracing nuclear power is to understand, minimize, and still accept the risks of nuclear accidents
Tagged: nuclear
Wednesday Writs: Silkwood Showers and Plutonium Flowers Edition
In the The Simpsons, Homer carelessly tosses a glowing plutonium rod. But in 1974, an employee at the Kerr-McGee plutonium processing plant did, somehow…
Thursday Throughput: Somewhere In the Vicinity Of Betelegeuse
So we’re still where we were two weeks ago: Betelgeuse might explode tomorrow. It might explode a hundred thousand years from now. But if it does explode soon, we will get the best look we’ve ever had at how stellar explosions work.
Tech Tuesday – Shrimp on the Barbie Edition
Productive weekend. Fixed two doors, tore up some Davidiums and replaced them with Lilacs, cleaned the car, etc. PS: Why must interior door frames and hinge screws be so cheap? Both doors had the screws stripping out of the jambs. Had to take them off and pack the holes with epoxy so the screws would have something to bite into. I’m starting to think jambs should be constructed with T-nuts and use machine screws.
Tech Tuesday 06/11/19 – Back in WA Edition
It is so good to be back in WA, where the sun does not assault your skin! TT01 – We should do this with every major bridge. Not just the installation of sensors, but...
