Re:I’m not convinced by the new lab leak debunking
by unfocussed_mike on Saturday March 05, 2022 @11:25PM
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Random factoid: Kodak had a small nuclear reactor in the basement of its Rochester, NY headquarters for thirty years (until the plant and HQ was closed).
Emphasis on small. Not a true secret; fully regulated and licensed. But they didn't talk about it!
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kodak-reve...
"...it came pre-loaded with nearly 1.5kg of uranium enriched up to a level of 93.4 per cent, which is just about right for an atomic warhead."
Re:I’m not convinced by the new lab leak debunking
by thesz on Saturday March 05, 2022 @11:55PM
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https://eng.mephi.ru/research/facilities/the-reactor
I think it is about 10-15km from center of Moscow.
> After 16 years of irregular service, the plant was closed permanently in 1992 by its operator, Portland General Electric (PGE),[3] after cracks were discovered in the steam-generator tubing. Decommissioning and demolition of the plant began the following year and was largely completed in 2006
> The Trojan steam generators were designed to last the life of the plant, but it was only four years before premature cracking of the steam tubes was observed.[citation needed] In October 1979, the plant was shut down through the end of the year for repairs.[14][15][16] The plant had an extended shutdown in 1984, with difficulty restarting.
> In December 1992, documents were leaked from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission showing that staff scientists believed that Trojan might be unsafe to operate.[26] In early January 1993, PGE chief executive Ken Harrison announced the company would not try to restart Trojan
> In 2005, the reactor vessel and other radioactive equipment were removed from the Trojan plant, encased in concrete foam, shrink-wrapped, and transported intact by barge along the Columbia River to Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington, where it was buried in a pit and covered with 45 feet (14 m) of gravel, which made it the first commercial reactor to be moved and buried whole.[31] It was awaiting transport to the Yucca Mountain Repository until that project was canceled in 2009.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Nuclear_Power_Plant