Archive for September 2022
Death of Stuart Woods
Novelist Stuart Woods died on July 22 of this year. He was one of my favorite writers, and I read everything that he published. Stone Barrington, his attorney protagonist, used wits and gumption to outmaneuver gangsters, spies, and jealous husbands as he bounced from country to country in his private jet plane and rescued beautiful…
Read MoreNuclear Reactors in the United States
There are 440 commercial nuclear reactors in the world with 92 of these in the United States. They utilize nuclear fission to create heat that causes steam to turn turbines that produce electricity. They use uranium for fuel. It is sealed into metal tubes named fuel rods that are bunched together into fuel assemblies. Hundreds…
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