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  1. Siso
    Natural reactor at Oklo in Gambon, Africa( Illonois energy prof) found the fission products do no migrate far through the water table. Thorium and U238 have longer half lives so is that really dangerous. The longer the half life the safer they are. Remember we use to use Uranium for luminous dials and thorium in the old tilly lamps. (before you mention the radium women, we don't lick paint brushes used on oil based paint or used in parts washers either. Cyanide, arsenic are dangerous forever but we don't panic about that for people to find in the future. Some fission products become harmless after some minutes. Might be attributed is a pretty broad statement. A lot of the publics perception is a fall out of the cold war among older generations that went through the cold war. I use to think the same.
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    First 500 years and the high level really radioactive nasty stuff has decayed to less then when the uranium came out of the ground. The rest is not very radioactive, hence the long life. This can also be used as fuel for a fast reactor when they come on line. Uranium and Thorium is still radioactive bur we live with it as it is long lived. I have thorium in the shed(tig electrodes). Information easily found on the net. We should be using the term intermittent renewables as that is what Australia is trying to use to get to net 0. Our approx. 7% hydro is not really going to help. Country's that claim they are really are near net 0 have at least 70% or more traditional hydro. Norway, Quebec.
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    We will see unfortunately! Spent fuel is slowly getting less radioactive heavy day. After a few 10 of years the radioactivity has dropped a lot and is more easily handled. Political/public perception problem, not an engineering one.
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    Not sure they a fixing it. 2030 looks like coal is on par with intermittents plus storage, even with their stupid coal description being on a greenfield site with the most expensive coal plant they could find. Not a coal fan but makes you wander what else they have been misleading about.
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    Anyway you can do it without subscribing to a yearly one
  6. Siso
    How do you donate?
  7. Siso
    The advantage of the aircraft derivatives for power generation is their extremely fast starting.
  8. Siso
    The company I work for have some Olympus (concord) gas turbines and have no gearbox. The engine is used as a gas generator and they run another turbine in the exhaust stream that connects to the generator.
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    How do you go about parts for the 503 like a crankshaft as Rotax no longer supply parts? I believe Rotax don't want them pressed apart and rods and bearings replaced. I don't think there would be enough room for an endoscope to do a good inspection of the big end rollers and journal.
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    Does anyone think that RAAUS would do some work on sorting making it easier to replace the 503 and 582 on high drag ultralights now it seems they have the airspace access and heavier MTOW sorted. While these engines can be rebuilt, I would be worried about the condition of crankshafts (roller bearings) which don't seem rebuildable. (parts etc) Seems like the current process at the moment will price these aircraft out of existence. Is it possible to build a Drifter or Thruster out of second hand parts and call it home built? (19 reg)
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    Good for domestic, has large limitations for industry, jobs for our kids etc
  12. Siso
    Can you just drill a small hole in the top of the perspex and see what happens.
  13. Siso
    Regarding headsets that fit under helmets, catch up with a local cross country hang glider pilot. They have some pretty good setups now days.
  14. Siso
    Welding leads from a welding supplier make good jumper leads. Not sure the insulation is made of. lots of very fine wire to make it flexible. Available in different sizes.
  15. Siso
    I think they were 8mm, but can't be sure
  16. Siso
    https://www.clarkrubber.com.au/products/6879p-round-plastic-internal-chair-tip-black
  17. Siso
    The plastic plugs for the wing battens are available from Clark Rubber
  18. Siso
    Hi, Can we list the instructors who teach in thrusters?
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    Windscreen

    Siso replied to Siso's topic in Thruster

    Thanks Evryone.
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    Windscreen

    Siso posted a topic in Thruster

    Hi Everyone, Just wandering what material the windscreen is made out of on a Gemini and how thick it is? Thanks
  21. Siso
    Found this the other day, interesting development. Could be Nuclear powered as well.
  22. Siso
    Thanks for that
  23. Siso
    Hi, can anybody tell me where the classified section is? Thanks
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    Does anyone know what it costs to send a 503 over to the US and get it back again?
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    Thanks for that, I will forward the information to him.
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