Kaltxì, ma eylan! (Hello, my friends!)

[Fwewyu Tìomumä]

Hi.

My name is Tony, and my alias here is Fwewyu Tìomumä (Seeker of Knowledge). I am very new to OBEs, as I was somewhat sheltered as a child. I recently became interested in OBEs about a year and a half ago, and have since practiced sporadically. Now, OBEs are more of a focus for me, as I had my first OBE experience (sort of) 2 weeks ago.

I am attending Missouri University of Science and Technology for a degree in nuclear engineering.

I enjoy sports, especially longboarding, I play bass, piano, and a little guitar, and I enjoy playing computer video games (League of Legends, World of Tanks, etc). I also love to ski, snowboard, and do anything death-defying or exciting.

So yeah.

I hope to be able to learn a lot from everyone here, and then be able to help others once I am experienced enough.

Thanks,
Fwewyu

[roman67]

Welcome to AP forums. Good to see you here. Feel free to discuss anything.

[Greytraveller]

Greetings Fwewyu Tìomumä
You are at the right place to learn about OBEs. I suggest that you read several threads in the "Welcome to the Astral FAQ forum". The info there will help you get up to speed on the concepts and terms discussed in these forums.

Cheers 
Grey

[Bedeekin]

Hey Tony.

Welcome to Astral Pulse.

Nuclear Engineering eh? Sick of using coal to make steam? 

[Stillwater]

Welcome!

I am not sure what language that is... is it Basque or Maltese, or perhaps something else?

[Fwewyu Tìomumä]

Nuclear Engineering eh? Sick of using coal to make steam? 

Haha, I guess you could say I want to save the planet.

I am not sure what language that is... is it Basque or Maltese, or perhaps something else?

It is Na'vi, the language from the movie Avatar.

[Bedeekin]

Yep... I think they should just build more nuclear power stations. They are cleaner than anything we can do at the moment.

[Stillwater]

They are in some senses, but they are also an existential liability.

A nuclear plant without power for a couple weeks will progress to meltdown; if there were to be an event like a massive solar flare that wipes out a large chunk of the grid in an area, a chorus of nuclear meltdowns will add insult to injury.

But cheers, haha 

[Bedeekin]

Most nuclear power plants designed and built these days have amazing safety features that don't allow meltdown. Seriously... look into it.

Hundreds and thousands of deaths have occurred directly as a result of fossil fuel power stations failing, not to mention the poison they pump out into the atmosphere. They destroy ecology.

Nuclear power stations don't destroy the ecology... we just don't like them because of nasty radiation. Great for the PLANET and nature as a whole, bad for US if a leak happens. Have you seen Chernobyl these days? It's practically a nature reserve.

There is a great book by James Lovelock called 'Revenge of Gaia'. He was the United Nations 'go to guy' on ecology and was labelled an earth doctor. He proposed that more nuclear power plants be built in the meantime while we figure a way of producing clean energy, instead of waiting till we deplete the world of her fossil fuels and destroy the atmosphere. He claimed that when nuclear waste is disposed of correctly it doesn't harm us or the planet. He was so adamant he allowed the local nuclear power station to bury their waste on his property.  

Sorry Tony... didn't mean to turn this into a debate about nuclear energy... I'm evidently more passionate about it than I realised.

[Fwewyu Tìomumä]

It's all good.

And yes, most power plants today and the power plants being designed have passive fail safes, e.g. if the power goes out, a large quantity of water is pulled by gravity into the core, totally preventing a meltdown.

[Szaxx]

Hee hee I work in this field. Safety shutdown systems are part of it. Nuclear power stations too. The largest system had 5 reactors and zero errors on test.
25000 GBP was saved as a result.
They're safe.

[Bedeekin]

and clean.

A normal carbon electric plant creates.. if solidified... a mount everest sized amount of Carbon Dioxide a year... a nuclear plant about 16 cubic metres of nuclear waste.

[Stillwater]

I believe I have read information recently that contradicts that, but I am no expert. I will research the matter further.

And don't worry, derailing a member introduction is more my fault here, lol.

Hope the Pulse is a useful resource to you Tony!

[Fwewyu Tìomumä]

Hey, it's ok! It's nice to see people getting engaged in a conversation

And Szaxx...You're a nuclear engineer? Or do you mean just the power industry in general?

[Szaxx]

Industrial safety shutdown systems generally. This has included nuclear power generation.
Im working on a safety update for a power station at present.
It I.S. missing some wiring. Lol.

[Fwewyu Tìomumä]

That's cool.

And yikes!

[Szaxx]

I thought you may find that 'interesting'.