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I can answer questions about general construction and safety of plants, specific questions about operations, training, reactor theory, and thermodynamics. Will also consider other aspects as requested.

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Over 33 years in the nuclear power field, licensed senior reactor operator, and instructor.

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Recent Answers from Bill Mihalovits

2009-10-06 Nuclear plant:

There's no easy answer to that. You have several things to think about: how big is the nuclear bomb? How big is the nuclear plant? How long will the nuclear plant run? Are talking about all of the

2009-06-10 Uranium:

This answer was surprisingly difficult to find. I also had to make some assumptions about the reactor size and other information. First you must know that a nuclear weapon uses a much more highly enriched

2009-03-06 robot:

This is very interesting. There are no pipes inside the reactor vessel itself. It is basically a big pot that the fuel sits in, with large pipes attached to the side for the water to enter and leave

2009-02-13 low and medium voltage magnetics:

Hey, if you're getting any money from this I want a cut! <grin> The engineering company (Stone & Webster, Westinghouse, Areva, et al)that designs and constructs the plant does the original specs, which

2009-02-13 low and medium voltage magnetics:

The motor controllers start and stop large motors such as reactor coolant pumps, condensate pumps, and other large motors that don't just start when a breaker (switch) is closed. You would see them in

 

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