Message-ID: <68d72cf4@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: Nuclear plants. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 References: <10a6nt3$1c65i$1@dont-email.me> <10a9qlq$25h61$1@dont-email.me> <10ac80j$2nuve$1@dont-email.me> <10ac8lq$2nkob$2@dont-email.me> <68d087a6@news.ausics.net> <10ar9d9$2a86g$1@dont-email.me> <68d1d3e6@news.ausics.net> <10atuhj$2tidd$15@dont-email.me> <68d333e6@news.ausics.net> <8vvdqlxsif.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10b1qqt$3ur87$1@dont-email.me> <10b3mei$ckr0$1@dont-email.me> <1dfgqlxpr3.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> User-Agent: tin/2.6.5-20250707 ("Helmsdale") (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 27 Sep 2025 10:16:52 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 20 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75332 alt.comp.os.windows-11:24616 In comp.os.linux.misc rbowman wrote: > On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 20:48:33 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > >> https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1006351.We_Almost_Lost_Detroit > > No big loss. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Pile-1 > > Ignorance is bliss. I think it's one of Feynman's book where he talks > about early experiments to determine the critical mass. They had two > blocks of uranium on a workbench with a Geiger counter. The tech pushed > one towards the other with a screwdriver until the counter went nuts. It didn't end well for the tech: https://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/1946USA1.html -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#