Sentences with phrase «reactor operators»

But liquid sodium is opaque, making it hard for reactor operators to monitor heat transfer.

Like most electric generators, nuclear reactor operators typically schedule maintenance in the spring and the fall to help ensure that the reactors are available to meet peak electric demand in the summer and winter.

The purpose of having the intermediate liquid sodium loop is a precautionary measure to allow reactor operators time to shutdown and isolate the primary liquid sodium system in the event that the radioactive liquid somehow leaks into the intermediate loop.

This would free the IAEA from having to rely on representations of reactor operators.

I am in the final stages of training to become a Nuclear reactor operator in the navy.

In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations, and consults with nuclear reactor operators.

The NRC solution is for reactor operators to add hoses or spray systems to permit cooling water to be added to such spent - fuel pools.

That could allow reactor operators to squeeze extra energy out of fuel rods before refueling: The rods are typically replaced after four or five years in a reactor, and degradation of the cladding is a major limitation on their longevity.

Then I met Heather Matteson, an environmentalist, mother and reactor operator at Diablo Canyon, and Kristin Zaitz, whom you can see here inspecting the dome, which is in pristine condition.

Federal regulators say the owner of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County failed to amend a reactor operator's license when the man developed sleep apnea.

Regardless of the ability of the vents to function appropriately, one clear difference exists between the operation of such boiling - water reactors in the U.S. versus those in Japan — in the U.S., reactor operators have the authority to vent radioactive steam or hydrogen gas as conditions warrant.

The problem of spent fuel storage Nuclear reactor operators must store spent fuel removed from reactor cores for several years at least, in large pools at reactor sites until the remaining heat from the uranium fuel cools sufficiently.

Klein said that the NRC's initial approach to the danger to reactor wiring in a fire would have imposed impossible conditions on some reactor operators, which have no practical way, for example, of relocating built - in wire channels to create more separation between wiring networks and backups.

Or a nuclear - power - reactor operator?