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Japanese Nuclear Situation – Followup
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Several people have asked questions, both in comments and in direct email so I decided to write a follow-up post to address some of these things. Nicholas: Very good questions. Could the HPSI systems have failed due to the lower portions of the reactor buildings being inundated with seawater? I assume that these units are […]
Posted by neonjohn on March 18th, 2011 under Energy, Nuclear | 2 Comments »
What I Know About the Japanese Nuclear Situation
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I’ve been inundated with email from people wanting to know what is really going on in Japan. I decided to write this blog post to answer that question to the best of my ability. For those who don’t know my background, here’s a mini-resume: Nuclear engineer with a specialty in high range radiation measuring instruments […]
Posted by neonjohn on March 17th, 2011 under Energy, Nuclear | 6 Comments »
Fire Wood the easy way or….
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Your looking at an interesting picture. It shows a number of things. How to get firewood without working How your government wastes money How to heat your cabin for a couple of years for free. What you see on the left is my GMC/Izuzu medium duty truck fill to capacity with firewood. A closeup so […]
Posted by neonjohn on November 17th, 2008 under BBQ and Food, Cool Stuff, Energy, Government | 3 Comments »
Dissection of a Furnace Fan Motor
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or Why There is so Much BS on the Net. In this post I’m going to take you through a guided tour of the common everyday fan motor that drives the fan in just about every domestic air conditioner, furnace or heat pump. At the same time I’m going to demonstrate why there is so […]
Posted by neonjohn on October 1st, 2008 under Cool Stuff, Energy, HVAC, Misc, Philosophy | 8 Comments »