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14 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Spring weather index b... · 0 replies · +5 points

And me. Twenty some degrees and snowing, I'm out there.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Seattle Space Needle t... · 1 reply · +4 points

I still have a picture I took of the Space Needle when I was a kid. It was about 200 feet high at the time.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Ground beef sold in Wa... · 0 replies · +5 points

Same here. We buy one cow a year direct from the rancher.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Southwest flight to Ph... · 0 replies · +3 points

I've always enjoyed the many business trips to Yuma, even when the bank temperature signs are all reading 116 to 119 degrees (but it's a dry heat).

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - For sale: one aircraft... · 1 reply · +5 points

Man time is flying by. We (USS Nimitz) steamed side by side with the Ark Royal on several occasions.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - USS Lincoln returning ... · 1 reply · +1 points

Yep, but they only have to do it once!

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Crews racing to contro... · 1 reply · +2 points

The moderator actually helps sustain the chain reaction by slowing fast neutrons to a level capable of causing another U-235 fission (thermal neutrons).

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Crews racing to contro... · 0 replies · +7 points

Scammed implies the control rods are all inserted. That shuts down the chain reaction.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Explosion feared at Ja... · 0 replies · 0 points

The radioactivity would mainly be due to various particles (e.g. cesium and iodine isotopes) resulting from the fission process.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Explosion feared at Ja... · 7 replies · +1 points

These reactors use plain old water (light water) for the coolant / moderator. Given that protium accounts for some 99.9% of all hydrogen, that would be the make up of the gas produced from the zirconium / water reactions.

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