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This is great. A couple of high school kids just blew me away. I had to look up safe radiation levels after watching their Geiger counter. (Apparent answer: tha

This is great. A couple of high school kids just blew me away. I had to look up safe radiation levels after watching their Geiger counter. (Apparent answer: that's a lot of radiation, but a pretty short exposure.) Side note: the view of the hills and mountains from the reactor room is gorgeous.

tristanj 10y ago
> Side note: the view of the hills and mountains from the reactor room is gorgeous. Agreed. The twins' fusor.net profile says the they live in Berkeley, CA, a suburb across the bay from San Francisco. At 1min into the video I'm fairly the shot is from Berkeley looking across the bay to San Francisco. The mountains in the background look like the ones just south of San Francisco. If you head a bit farther up the hill from where they say they live, the view is quite pretty: https://simplyrunningonfaith.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/img_0751.jpg https://simplyrunningonfaith.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/img... Actually now I think about it the city of Berkeley passed an ordinance declaring it a Nuclear-free zone, so I wonder if this project is legal.
- pmiller2 10y ago
  AFAICT, berkeley's nuclear free ordinance only covers weapons research and development.
  - tristanj 10y ago
    Makes sense. The pair seem to know what they're doing, so they probably checked city law beforehand to make sure everything is alright.
  - etjossem 10y ago
    The intent of the ordinance is also "to prohibit nuclear reactors." [1] No person shall operate or build a nuclear reactor the City of Berkeley, and that would probably include this project. That's not to say I agree with it. Berkeley has long been a hub of unhealthy NIMBYism, and this law is a leftover from the Cold War. I'd like to see that change. [1] http://www.codepublishing.com/CA/Berkeley/cgi/NewSmartCompile.pl?path=Berkeley12/Berkeley1290/Berkeley1290.html http://www.codepublishing.com/CA/Berkeley/cgi/NewSmartCompil...

tristanj 10y ago

> Side note: the view of the hills and mountains from the reactor room is gorgeous. Agreed. The twins' fusor.net profile says the they live in Berkeley, CA, a suburb across the bay from San Francisco. At 1min into the video I'm fairly the shot is from Berkeley looking across the bay to San Francisco. The mountains in the background look like the ones just south of San Francisco. If you head a bit farther up the hill from where they say they live, the view is quite pretty: https://simplyrunningonfaith.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/img_0751.jpg https://simplyrunningonfaith.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/img... Actually now I think about it the city of Berkeley passed an ordinance declaring it a Nuclear-free zone, so I wonder if this project is legal.

pmiller2 10y ago
AFAICT, berkeley's nuclear free ordinance only covers weapons research and development.
- tristanj 10y ago
  Makes sense. The pair seem to know what they're doing, so they probably checked city law beforehand to make sure everything is alright.
- etjossem 10y ago
  The intent of the ordinance is also "to prohibit nuclear reactors." [1] No person shall operate or build a nuclear reactor the City of Berkeley, and that would probably include this project. That's not to say I agree with it. Berkeley has long been a hub of unhealthy NIMBYism, and this law is a leftover from the Cold War. I'd like to see that change. [1] http://www.codepublishing.com/CA/Berkeley/cgi/NewSmartCompile.pl?path=Berkeley12/Berkeley1290/Berkeley1290.html http://www.codepublishing.com/CA/Berkeley/cgi/NewSmartCompil...