Comments on: Nuclear reactors of the world: vintage wall charts http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/nuclear-reactors-fro.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 00:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Patrick Austin http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/nuclear-reactors-fro.html#comment-1062688 Patrick Austin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062688 I can't believe these are actually large enough to print. My office at work is going to really creep some coworkers out. I can’t believe these are actually large enough to print.

My office at work is going to really creep some coworkers out.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/nuclear-reactors-fro.html#comment-1062706 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062706 Not Pictured: OH SHI- Not Pictured: OH SHI-

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/nuclear-reactors-fro.html#comment-1062707 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062707 Too bad they don't have Agesta, the underground nuclear reactor the Sweedes used for plutonium production in support of their later canceled weapons program. Too bad they don’t have Agesta, the underground nuclear reactor the Sweedes used for plutonium production in support of their later canceled weapons program.

]]> By: JayByrd http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/nuclear-reactors-fro.html#comment-1062745 JayByrd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062745 All I can think of is Rube Goldberg. All I can think of is Rube Goldberg.

]]> By: chixon http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/nuclear-reactors-fro.html#comment-1062497 chixon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062497 Are they trying to make it look like an amusement park? Because the first thing I thought was, "Ooh, look at all the slides!" Are they trying to make it look like an amusement park? Because the first thing I thought was, “Ooh, look at all the slides!”

]]> By: artaxerxes http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/nuclear-reactors-fro.html#comment-1062518 artaxerxes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062518 Damn. Some of those are beautiful. And they look like AWESOME amusement parks… minus the radioactive core and all that bit. They look like dream kids' forts for adults. The climbing, the potential slides, the rail-jumping, the Parkour. Supa-dupa. A different aspect is what's suggested by some of the logo treatments. They're the kind of thing one might work up for a band name. Check out the post-Zardoz SYSTEM-80. Damn. Some of those are beautiful. And they look like AWESOME amusement parks… minus the radioactive core and all that bit. They look like dream kids’ forts for adults. The climbing, the potential slides, the rail-jumping, the Parkour. Supa-dupa.

A different aspect is what’s suggested by some of the logo treatments. They’re the kind of thing one might work up for a band name. Check out the post-Zardoz SYSTEM-80.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/nuclear-reactors-fro.html#comment-1063800 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1063800 Now this is the neato kind of fact and science based reporting which I've come to expect from Boing Boing over the years. These rectors will by and large be regarded like dinosaurs in the future, both for the inherent safety (or not) of their designs: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-23/china-to-build-nuclear-plant-using-fourth-generation-technology-in-april.html ..and for their very size: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-22/meltdown-or-not-future-for-nuclear-seen-in-diminutive-reactors.html My point being: we (everybody, that is) need to train more nuclear engineers. Now this is the neato kind of fact and science based reporting which I’ve come to expect from Boing Boing over the years.

These rectors will by and large be regarded like dinosaurs in the future, both for the inherent safety (or not) of their designs:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-23/china-to-build-nuclear-plant-using-fourth-generation-technology-in-april.html

..and for their very size:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-22/meltdown-or-not-future-for-nuclear-seen-in-diminutive-reactors.html

My point being: we (everybody, that is) need to train more nuclear engineers.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/nuclear-reactors-fro.html#comment-1063803 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1063803 Bah! - "reactors" for "rectors", in the above. And don't get me started about rectors! Bah! – “reactors” for “rectors”, in the above.

And don’t get me started about rectors!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/nuclear-reactors-fro.html#comment-1063813 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1063813 Here is a torrent of all the posters in PDF format http://btjunkie.org/torrent/106-Nuclear-Power-Plant-Wall-Diagrams/4239d62b02a63f7f85ce9b88e4b29c0aca1881dfcf4d Here is a torrent of all the posters in PDF format

http://btjunkie.org/torrent/106-Nuclear-Power-Plant-Wall-Diagrams/4239d62b02a63f7f85ce9b88e4b29c0aca1881dfcf4d

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/nuclear-reactors-fro.html#comment-1062574 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062574 Definitely hitting the Kinkos to run off a copy of that System80 this week. Definitely hitting the Kinkos to run off a copy of that System80 this week.

]]> By: cinemajay http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/nuclear-reactors-fro.html#comment-1063088 cinemajay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1063088 It's funny how the news sort of glosses over the reactors with this simplistic viewpoint "oh, they're dumping water on them now" like there's a straight funnel into the hot mess in the center. These give a better idea of what's involved. Plus, who doesn't love hot reactor pr0n? It’s funny how the news sort of glosses over the reactors with this simplistic viewpoint “oh, they’re dumping water on them now” like there’s a straight funnel into the hot mess in the center.

These give a better idea of what’s involved.

Plus, who doesn’t love hot reactor pr0n?

]]> By: MooseDesign http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/nuclear-reactors-fro.html#comment-1062589 MooseDesign Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062589 That Wylfa one is wild! Love the robo fueling machine... That Wylfa one is wild! Love the robo fueling machine…

]]> By: Sork http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/nuclear-reactors-fro.html#comment-1062655 Sork Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062655 Dungeness B & Dragon Dungeness B & Dragon

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