Their mission remains steadfast to enable the world's transition to clean energy with the ultimate goal of dramtically improving people's quality of life while protecting the environment.
Construction of traditional reactor grids are expensive from a cost and time perspective. The new age of advanced nuclear research has promoted small modular reactors.
Utilizing alternative coolants can drastically increase operating limits and efficiencies. Fluoride Lithium Beryllium is an ultra stable natural moderator. Engineering for this kind of heat transfer fluid can be difficult.
Research and development for a six hundred million dollar pioneer company is all about speed. Every second of delay costs tremendously as timelines are shifted and objectives are missed. This spawns the perfect environment for ultra fast paced testing. Engineers like myself generate conceptual designs and transform them into live experiments discovering breakthroughs and accelerating the scientific campaign.
No one understands or cares for a system better than its responsible engineer. So, as a design progresses down the manufacturing stream, it is up to the lead to ensure the quality of the system is fabricated to specification.
There are many advantages to testing compounds of similar material behavior. Substituting FLiBe for FLiNak when possible dramatically reduces the inherent risk associated with chronic beryllium poisoning. General procedures are simplified and the overall cost of the experiment is reduced. This also expands the scope of usible fluids for later stage heat exchangers.
The chemical nature of molten fluorides make them highly toxic. This complicates the decommissioning and inspection process. Professional training and protective equipment are required to embark on material handling operations.
Guidance from experienced field masters is pricless. The transfer of knowledge and past learnings is expidited when collaberative structures promote mentorship from only the most qualified and competant.
If we traveled a thousand years prior, we would be deemed sourcerers and mystics. Today, we call ourselves scientists and engineers. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke
Isolating variables and testing hypothesis allow us to predict high certainty future outcomes through pattern recognition. Applying this method to scale replicas of critical modules supports large scale experimental technology.
I will always strive to elevate existance and protect the sanctity of Earth. We are refractions of our elemental habitat, vice versa. The universe will reward the conscious actions of forerunners to explore through creation.