To: boris; cinFLA; Steely Tom
At UIUC there was (it's now gone) a Triga-A bathtub reactor. I sat on the edge with it "cranked" up into the megawatt range and watched the core glow an incredible blue from the Cherenkov radiation. :-)
To: RadioAstronomer
At UIUC there was (it's now gone) a Triga-A bathtub reactor. I sat on the edge with it "cranked" up into the megawatt range and watched the core glow an incredible blue from the Cherenkov radiation. :-) I have a bunch of photos of commercial plants during refueling. The Cherenkov radiation can be seen even when they are shut down.
88 posted on
03/17/2004 12:14:14 PM PST by
cinFLA
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