A Conversation for How a Nuclear Plant Works

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Post 1

Martin Harper

> A person can take his hands off the steering wheel of a car and go quite some ways before getting in trouble, but if a pilot takes his hands of the control stick, the fighter will quickly crash.

Yup. This is why we have computers in control of our nuclear power stations... (and most of our fighter aircraft, come to that)


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Post 2

Wampus

Yup. I agree, the complex stuff is handled by a computer. But one always has to be very vigilant to run a plant, or a fighter jet. More so than in a conventional fossil plant, or a car.


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