Goonhub
01-27-2013, 10:05 PM
Long story short: The thermo engine is a working prototype of a gas coolant generation loop for the nuke engine system I proposed like a year and a half ago. The nuke system would use rods purchased from QM and/or refined from mining ores, fed into a reactor with control rods, and this would generate heat and pressure in the lines to feed the gas turbine. More pressure = more power, more heat = more risk of meltdown. Meltdowns and contamination would of course be a thing, as would multiple tiers of safety measures ending with SCRAM as a last resort.
The particle accelerator would be neat but that doesn't really have much basis on nuclear power fuel reprocessing. That's done with breeder reactors or lots of hideous chemistry.
I don't mean to hijack your thread or anything, but since you made it in reference to a comment I made about a nuke engine, I figured you should probably know that all this stuff has been discussed quite a few times already. I'm mostly going to avoid thinking about it for awhile though, since the thermo engine is turning out to be really goddamn fun and is capable of meltdowns all on its own. It is however designed to be mostly modular so nuke reactors can be slotted in as the heat source later on if people get bored of it, like in the 6-12 month timeframe.
The particle accelerator would be neat but that doesn't really have much basis on nuclear power fuel reprocessing. That's done with breeder reactors or lots of hideous chemistry.
I don't mean to hijack your thread or anything, but since you made it in reference to a comment I made about a nuke engine, I figured you should probably know that all this stuff has been discussed quite a few times already. I'm mostly going to avoid thinking about it for awhile though, since the thermo engine is turning out to be really goddamn fun and is capable of meltdowns all on its own. It is however designed to be mostly modular so nuke reactors can be slotted in as the heat source later on if people get bored of it, like in the 6-12 month timeframe.