In the words of Stringer Bell “Your not taking notes on a motherfucking conspiracy are you?”

You use seawater for cooling the systems. You could use excess power to run desalination plants, but not use the reactor directly.

Start Here I think your answer is somewhere in the IEC ELV standards.

True, but there are grades of racing. I don’t know what the current class structure is, but a 7k CBR is spitting distance of super street or whatever that AMA class is called now. I think the point being made is still valid. I can’t go out and buy a motogp bike, and the manufacturer isn’t pretending to sell me one.

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They take the waste heat from nuclear decay and convert it to electricity through the use of a peltier device. Those work off of differential temperature and are pretty inefficient to begin with. Unmderated Nuclear decay doesn’t produce a lot of heat at one time, which is why reactors use a moderator to increase the power output.

Well, I work in commercial nuclear power, and I have since 2010, so…yeah, I’m super creative.

This article has a good breakdown. The biggest issue is efficiency. RTGs are around 5-9% efficient. Standard steam cycle generators are around 30% (see this article ) . You get much more usable energy from fuel used in a commercial reactor vice a RTG.

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No, a vacuum is a lack of pressure. Anything that is at a lower pressure than the surrounding atmosphere will act the same as a vacuum.

My preference is pineapple, ham, and jalapeños. You get that spicy-salty-sweet-greasy-carb thing going, and it is AWESOME. I call it a Tex-waiian pizza.

5. Subs have crew members who have formal Navy diver training as a collateral (extra) duty. I think it came with some extra pay. They are there for emergencies, and have to do extra work to maintain their qualifications. They are there if we are away from home port and need underwater work done on the ship. Pretty rare, only happened twice on the boats I was on.

No, no panic attacks. You get the standard navy medical screening, plus when you volunteer for submarines they ask if your claustrophobic. Other than that nothing special. Majority of the screening is informal, and done by the crew. Submariners are a pretty crust bunch, and have a tendency to “eat our own”. When you report to a sub as a brand new nub (non-useful body) you begin a year long process of proving to everyone on board that you have the knowledge and emotional toughness required to work in that environment. If you can’t, you are asked to leave (reassigned, usually after some disciplinary counseling). It’s not always a pleasant experience, by design. Your shipmates want to see what your limits are, since if you will crack under some “light” abuse, how are you going to cope with a real emergency? Not everyone handles this well, and some people leave. Like I said in another comment, they leave through suicide sometimes. Hopefully the Navy has gotten better about it, but in the 21 years I was AD, it didn’t change, and I don’t have much hope it has since then.

I am not OP, but am a submarine veteran that retired 10 years ago. I was a MMC/SS (nuclear) (Machinists Mate Chief, submarine qualified) which means I led a division of approx 14 other mechanics as a middle manager on fas attack (SSN) Submarines.I am willing to answer questions and maybe give a different perspective (different ships, different career path) .

Like true men (and now women) you bury that shit until you get to port, and then drink like a fish.

Really, everyone copes in different ways. While I was AD, there weren’t a lot of great options. You could try talking to your crew mates, but we were all in the same boat, literally. I escaped through reading, video games. And writing letters to my wife, and eventually emails. Others used other tactics. Some people decided it wasn’t for them and found a way out. Others committed suicide when they couldn’t cope.

The Navy has never done a great job dealing with mental health and my first comment is the most common result.

Source-MMC/SS (Ret) 4 fast attacks, 21 years AD.

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Source-MMC/SS (Ret) 4 fast attacks, 21 years AD.

In general, Destins (sp?) Videos on submarines are very good. However, they are the barest glimpse of life on a sub. You don’t recalibrate so much as enter a different frame of mind. When the hatch goes shut, all the clocks are shifted to a set time (generally Zulu, which is a few hours off whatever local time is) and then your in the rotation, 6 on 12 off, until you surface, open the hatches, and reset to local time. After a little while, it’s just a way of doing things, no calibration required, it just is. Source-MMC/SS (Ret) 4 fast attacks, 21 years AD.

Not sure what your asking, but in general enclosed spaces that do not have proper ventilation can fill with toxic or non breathable games. If you enter those spaces without either a. Properly ventilating and testing or b. Proper breathing apparatus, you can be overcome, lose consciousness, and die.