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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Nuclear Physics?

« on: October 31, 2018, 11:06:39 PM »

No kidding! I am a nuclear physicist. We are like brothers

There is little sense in trying to push FEers on points such as these. The reason is because the average person believes tons of things without actually experiencing them. Imagine what your life would be like if you only believed that which you have personally experienced....a small life indeed. You would have to reject most things which we assume to be reality -- like the existence of Australia if you have never been there.

Ironically, most FE maps include continents that individual FEers have never visited.

Anyway, talk to me about what you are studying in nuclear engineering. As a physicist, I am more involved in nuclear theory, and so am curious about the engineering aspect.

Awesome! I love to meet fellow Nukes.
Currently, I’m in senior design.
My team is designing a Gas-cooled fast small modular reactor with a goal of competing with natural gas
We are using MOX fuel with the UO2 enriched to 15% and the PuO2 at 6% by w/%. It’s a 1.5 cubic meter 150MW(t) (~50MWe)core and should get an efficiency of at least 35%.
We recently ran our first Monte Carlo Neutron Transport program and achieved criticality!
I’m actually the head of my team’s materials division.
Our fuel will have a 15-15 Ti Stainless steel cladding, ZrC reflector, and a B2C shield. Our Reactor Pressure Vessel and piping uses a SS-304L low nickel alloy to reduce the effects of helium embrittlement from our coolant. We decided to scrap a secondary and run with just a single loop Brayton Cycle and have an inlet temp. Of ~460C and outlet temp of 750C.

And actually, I could really use your help. I need data on Fast Neutron Scattering Cross-sections for my ZrC reflector and fast absorbtion cross-sections for the B2C shield, but info on Fast neutron cross-sections is pretty limited. If you have any resources that you could point me to, that would be amazing! Im still not sure on our exact energy range of our fast neutrons as we just got a flux calculation today and I have yet to see the number.  But once we get those cross-sections and flux, we’ll have to run DPA calculations to get an approximate lifetime of our materials, which we can then use for our cost analysis.

I’m very excited about this project and have learned so much more by actually having to put what I learned in my classes to use. 

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Flat Earth Theory / Nuclear Physics?

« on: October 31, 2018, 01:00:44 AM »

What do flat earthers believe about nuclear physics? The majority of flat earthers I’ve seen don’t tend to believe something unless it is easily tested by the average person. With the regulations and technological difficulties of testing nuclear physics, what do you all believe?
This can include nuclear radiation, nuclear energy, etc.

PS. I’m a senior in college in nuclear engineering, so I’d be happy to answer any questions you all might have for me. 😊