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Shutdown is not the end of heat

Separate the neutron balance, stored thermal energy and continuing radioactive decay to understand nuclear cooling.

Intermediate · 3 min read · Sources included

Bruce Power: the engineering behind eight reactors

Understand Bruce A and Bruce B through systems, energy accounting and the engineering meaning of scale.

Intermediate · 3 min read · Sources included

A reactor remembers: xenon, samarium and power history

Why two identical power readings can describe different reactor states—and why neutron absorption has a memory.

Intermediate · 3 min read · Sources included

Inside a CANDU power plant

Fission, fusion, 20 plant components and how CANDU neutrons support cobalt-60 and lutetium-177 production.

ALARA and nuclear safety: understand the layers

Control, cool, contain. Learn radiation-protection principles, worked dose examples and practical memory aids.

Hoist inspection: build an evidence trail

A procedure-focused walkthrough of observation, isolation, inspection and return-to-service evidence.

Torque-wrench results: accuracy needs an uncertainty budget

A small worked example separates calibration uncertainty, resolution and repeatability.

Flatness, soft foot and shaft alignment are different checks

Why a flat-looking base does not prove the machine is correctly supported.

Hydraulics: pressure creates force, flow sets speed

One cylinder example connects the circuit to first-principles mechanics.

A maintenance handover should close the open questions

A short structure for work status, evidence and the next decision.

Study a system by tracing energy, control and failure

A learning framework for explaining a system without jumping straight to component names.