Nothing like this will be built again (2002)
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Nothing like this will be built again (2002)
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Re: Nothing like this will be built again (2002)
#2When was this article written?
Re: Nothing like this will be built again (2002)
#3When was this article written?
It's reasonably old - couldn't find a year to add it to the title.
Torness is still operating though the other AGR plant in Scotland, Hunterston, recently closed down.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-59894688
Re: Nothing like this will be built again (2002)
#4When was this article written?
Re: Nothing like this will be built again (2002)
#5When was this article written?
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#6Always a treat to read something by Charles Stross. Seems like Accelerando was required reading for the previous generation, is it still? I was not familiar with the UK advanced gas cooled reactors, which use CO2 to cool the core and transfer heat to the steam. From the name it seems to be gas and not supercritical CO2 although I may have that wrong.
Power generation is the one topic that makes thermodynamics crystal clear imo. Energy goes into steam, steam does work, lowering the steam temperature and pressure, heating and cooling at different point can increase efficiency. It’s a topic I wish I’d have learned about sooner!
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#7Archive: https://archive.is/TTX4g
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#8Re: Nothing like this will be built again (2002)
#9The Ferranti mainframes mentioned in the article are probably Argus 700 machines developed in 1968/9 [1] Amazing that such tech was still running important infrastructure only a decade ago.
1. http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/16225/Ferranti-Argus-...
Re: Nothing like this will be built again (2002)
#10Archive: https://archive.is/TTX4g
I could not pass its Captcha. It just reloaded the Captcha page and I would never reach the article