Nuclear reactors and pollution

[Bubblehead Nuke]

Originally Posted by Kapitan

The russian reactors are nothing like the american ones, there has been reactor shut downs in the past but its a safty feature in the reactor to stop anything bad happening.

They are more alike that you imagine. Yes, I know a lot about them. It was a hobby so to speak. The main difference in the reactors is fuel enrichment and power density. All the rest is cosmestic and/or different design philosopies. You have the same basic engineering problems and goals. The Russians had some unique solutions to some problems. Some worked better than ours IMHO.

What I was talking about was operational procedure. Now there are some MAJOR differences in how American and Russians run thier boats. Having a switch locatation all over the boat that could scram your reactor is just inviting trouble IMHO. LIke I said, someone in one compartment can have a brain fart and mis-interpret a casualty, SCRAM your plant, and then make a managable caualty a life or death game of catch-up.