For a variety of reasons, I was not very productive for most of the month of July. I have finally gotten around to adding another installment to the Adams Engine™ story titled Seeking Simplicity, Finding Complexity. Hope you enjoy learning – slowly – a little more about simple cycle gas turbines connected to high temperature reactors.
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This clip might seem like a bit of a detour from the normal topics on Atomic Insights, but there is a relationship. A major reason why nuclear energy has not grown more rapidly here in the US is that too many people have passively accepted the fear-promoting efforts of people with hidden agendas rather than…
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