The Joys of Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear fuels researcher Jon Carmack talks about the satisfactions of a career in nuclear engineering.

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[djm51x]

yes it is

[stoopidmonkeyful]

@Hilariousity Ha Ha....but I think Dr Carmack has much more solid head on his shoulders when working all things nuclear :)

[stoopidmonkeyful]

I really enjoy this INL video by Dr. Carmack. I'm currently pursuing a graduate certificate in Nuclear Power Engineering from Arizona State Univ with a goal to enter into the commercial nuclear power fleet or the national laboratories (such as INL or Argonne). Just successfully completed my first semester and really can't wait to begin the next one!

[Hilariousity]

this guy looks like Homer Simpson and he has his job too!l thumbs up if you agree

[Tomakak]

I want to become a nuclear engineer so that I can wear one of those burgundy lab coats.

[esiosan]

nookeelur powar

[NothingAtAllXD]

First start out by correcting your inherently wrong pronunciation of the word nuclear by saying "KnewCLEEErrr" not "NukUlar."

[stratoleft]

Anyway, even as a kid I wondered if this were possible, to render these by-products as inactive as possible. I've read that if you could perform actual transmutation that it would be tantamount to converting lead into gold. People have said that through electrolysis or some other means that transmutation would only happen on a limited scale and uneconomical. Now I see that the CFNS hybrid and Wilfred van Rooijen's research with the GFR design could finally solve this problem and more.

[stratoleft]

Japan failed to either incorporate, or implement even known or basic ECCS at any of these BWR locations. A total failure of periodic maintenance at best. Even the containment buildings themselves were poorly designed.

[stratoleft]

Besides the advance of what the Westinghouse AP1000 which provides passive ECCS, which Japan obviously doesn't have, but I propose yet another backup as part of ECCS. Perhaps it's possible to incorporate an independent emergency only gas cooled unit, if for some unprecedented or mysterious reason, the no water reservoir was available to the core even with the ECCS pump online. This sort of AGR concept would be for ECCS only even if it were needed, which I doubt.