Recent content by JLynch

Thanks for the all the replies and information about fuel rod swelling, much appreciated. My initial thoughts from the Chicago Pile documentary and learning about the creation of Plutonium was that this atomic ‘growth’ must be occurring at an exponential and unsustainable rate, which had me...

Just joined the forum after youtubes algorithm suggested a story documenting the ‘Chicago Pile’. I ended up watching a bunch of other power plant videos becoming more confused with each one. I apologize up front as I know nothing about the field of nuclear physics and not even sure if I’ll even...