Gofirstclass
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alnav, thanks for the Wiki link.
"Boating" stuff on a HUGE scale...
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Great link , thanks . I also googled and it appears the currently decommissioned subs are the 688 class , mostly the older batches of them .
I,m blown away how huge this core is .
I know that the us navy wanted to put as much horsepower as possible in the fast attack subs but it appears this core is nearly the full diameter of the hull - simply amazing !
The stored component is actually a full segment of the hull. The reactor compartment as well as the spaces just forward and aft of the reactor are cut out of the sub's hull then that piece is stored. The core fuel is removed prior to the cut but other metals in the compartment have absorbed radiation over time so as to need storage.
Good article about the process: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150330-where-nuclear-subs-go-to-die. Covers not just the US process but also scary info about how the Russians have disposed of their reactors (or not).
wyrman
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- 2007 310 Sundancer
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2003 Fisher 17 aluminum
90hp Honda 4 stroke
When I first hired on out there I was taken on a little tour.kn, thanks for the coordinates. Appreciate it.
So Greg, do you still glow in the dark?
They have a byproduct called Caesium-137, it's stored in a double walled stainless steel capsule in a pretty deep pool of water.
You stand next to the pool, they turn the lights out, and the whole pool of water has a greenish glow to it.
Back in the old days, the workers lowered glass items such as ash trays down next to the capsules and it would turn them a smoky color.
It was quite the site to see, and you did go through a PCM (personal contamination monitor) as you exited.
Gofirstclass
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alnav, that was an interesting article you linked to. It's amazing how little "care and concern" the Russki's have shown for the disposal of their nuke subs. Let's hope that hazard never surfaces, to use a bad pun.
Isn't it odd that the scale for marine is so much bigger than that for land?
I was there when Lampson picked the containment building dome, walked it several hundred feet, and set it at Hanford Unit 1 using their Transilift. Then the situation they dropped the crane constructing the Miller Stadium; that was tragic.
I was there when Lampson picked the containment building dome, walked it several hundred feet, and set it at Hanford Unit 1 using their Transilift. Then the situation they dropped the crane constructing the Miller Stadium; that was tragic.
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