Dr Steven McGowan
harleychance.bsky.social
Dr Steven McGowan
@harleychance.bsky.social
Research Associate at Lancaster University/ Nuclear Engineering/ Organic matter interactions with radiometals in seawater/
Hyperactive gamer, and other geekery.
Megalodons (only partly exaggerated: they had a common ancestor with whales, during it's most active phase: pop split due to range movement to avoid megs)
December 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Second wave of this evening storm inbound
October 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Link looks cut off?
September 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
My school (fully 1/3 of the science and engineering) has 5 secretaries total. I'd say the lack of admin is the biggest drain, not too much :)
August 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
July 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
June 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Keep reading "to cool equipment". Not the reactor..
The reactors are a 3 loop system: the reactors are a classic double closed loop, and uses a HRSG to close the second loop. It's cooled by a 3rd loop, which exchanges with the canals
Also note that original heat was due to the non-nuke, unit 1 and 2
June 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
They were built as a precaution against waste heat While they were constructed, tech improved & ended up redundant. now it serves through its environmental value: if it wasn't there, the salt plume would still happen, because it was saltland Marsh, and the aquifer extraction exceeds its refresh rate
June 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Yep, see, doesn't mention that the cooling in the canals hasn't ever been actual reactor cooling.
Repeatedly implies there is a radiological risk (from natural sources)
It is actually more valid to say "overabstaction to support florida golf courses cause a salinity plume threat to drinking water"
June 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
impressive scary story Somehow never mentions that the canals are never actually used for cooling & are in fact a big artificial wetland critical to conservation of florida's ecosystem (see the excellent youtu.be/EPeT3LMU_BQ?...)
Does say three times "tritium" wo mentioning its rainwater in origin
Why Crocodiles Are Thriving in the Shadow of A Nuclear Plant
YouTube video by PBS Terra
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June 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
You imagine, going into academia, that you will spend most of your time chatting to professional peers about field challenges.
Instead I spent 30x as long asking "disruptors" why they don't believe in baking soda volcanoes (carbonic acid neutralisation, a cornerstone of CO2 measurements)
May 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM