Are you sure it wasn't after William Pickering. Either way Rutherford would be chuffed as well.
I had heard about this wasn't sure how small it was I understood someone died during its decommioning but I can find nothing about it on the Net
It was nickmaned NUKY POO on account of its frequent breakdowns and leaksUS experience of small light water reactors (LWRs) has been of very small military power plants, such as the 11 MWt, 1.5 MWe (net) PM-3A reactor which operated at McMurdo Sound in Antarctica 1962-72, generating a total of 78 million kWh. It was refueled once, in 1970. There was also an Army program for small reactor development, most recently the DEER (deployable electric energy reactor) concept which was being commercialised by Radix Power & Energy. DEER would be portable and sealed, able to operate in the range 3 to 10 MWe, for forward military bases.
A US naval report issued upon its decommissioning (downloadable to the right) indicated the reactor experienced 438 malfunctions – nearly 56 a year – in its operational lifetime, including leaking water surrounding the reactor and hairline cracks in the reactor lining.
Nuclear power 1962-1972 McMurdo Base
On March 3, 1962, operators activated a nuclear power plant at the station. The plant, like nearby Scott's Discovery Hut, was prefabricated in modules. Engineers designed the components to weigh no more than 30,000 pounds (14,000 kg) each and to measure no more than 8 ft 8 inches by 8 ft 8 inches by thirty feet (2.6 × 2.6 × 9.1 m). A single core no larger than an oil drum served as the heart of the nuclear reactor. These size and weight restrictions were intended to allow the reactor to be delivered in an LC-130 Hercules aircraft. However, the components were actually delivered by vessel. The reactor generated 1.8 MW of electrical power[5] and reportedly replaced the need for 1,500 US gallons (5,700 l) of oil daily.[6] Engineers applied the reactor's power, for instance, in producing steam for the salt water distillation plant. As a result of continuing safety issues, the U.S. Navy Nuclear Power Program decommissioned the plant in 1972. After the nuclear power station was no longer operational, conventional diesel generators were used. There were a number of 500 kW diesel generators in a central powerhouse providing electric power. A conventionally fueled water desalination plant provided fresh water
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One of the videos I watched had a 25mm space gun the Russian test fired on a Defunct satellite, no air in space so would that mean it would go superfast on and on if it missed.
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Co...ar-Power/#FNPP
http://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issu...as-fnpp-fetish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMurdo_Station
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