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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 1h

Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 22h

What are the 'consumables' of each NukeSky reactor
or
what comes under reactor 'MOT'
(vehicle roadworthiness inspection systems)

PWR = Type 1 Water 
HTGR = Helium
molten Salt = Salts
molten Lead = Lead

'Brakepads' = boron/graphite/pipework/pumps

Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 22h

are we an intelligent customer and importer

or

do we want to be technology owner?

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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 1d

I have just realised we still did not even have a logo for our MULTIForm Facility at the time I prepared my first teaching lectures.... he was still here... this is heavy

Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 1d

Earlier this year I said goodbye to my mentor who cruelly passed from aggressive motor neuron disease.
I began lecturing, and I asked him for a slide, which I am now removing from this semesters upload, but for one last time here it is... I may leave it in the actual lecture...

Distillation: a young chemical engineer's story
Before coming to Leeds, Professor Bruce Hanson spent 25 years in the nuclear and chemical industries.

As a young chemical engineer, “learning his craft”, he worked on a chemical plant making perfumes.
One of the key process steps was purification using vacuum batch distillation.
He worked on a project to repack the columns. They were packed with Raschig rings and the company wanted to go to structured packing.
He did the initial design. The largest column (total height 300ft) went from 18 HETP to over 40 and the throughput increased because the packing could cope with higher flows before flooding.
He did process simulation to develop new operating procedures, then designed and built a control system using PLCs to run them.
Finally, he did shift work to commission the columns and train the process operators.

“On night shift, I would climb to the top of the big column to watch the sunrise. The view was magnificent.”
— Professor Bruce Hanson

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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 2d

When discussing if the UK should drop net-zero 2050 targets,
I say that we do it because it is the right thing to do for civilisation, and the UK leads the way like it did with abolishing Slavery

Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 6d

What we teach, has already happened, we learn from history and what we pass forward is a kindness knowing we may never see its fruits;

The Royal Navys slavery-fighting West Africa Squadron
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Af...

The film Amistad, directed Steven Spielberg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amistad...

Amistad (film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 4d

Just seen 'classic PhD' defined as non-CDT PGR...
I am not keen on this, especially with the move to DFA PGRs now

Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 4d

Really enjoyed a discussion on the 'Digital Estate' from our communications managers

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 6d

Can generative AI be trusted to draw chemical structures? Not yet, according to two chemists who want to see the community take a tough stance against its use.

The chemistry community should ban drawing chemical structures with generative AI, chemists warn

AIs like Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT still make serious errors rendering structural formulae

www.chemistryworld.com

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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 6d

What we teach, has already happened, we learn from history and what we pass forward is a kindness knowing we may never see its fruits;

The Royal Navys slavery-fighting West Africa Squadron
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Af...

The film Amistad, directed Steven Spielberg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amistad...

Amistad (film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!
I knew you’d know, have a lush evening

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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 7d

Best available techniques… it doesnt work here..
Anything youd mention like.
I have realised I have no idea what our GenAI policy is…

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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 7d

Hey @stuartcantrill.com…
Got any tips? I done this talk before but always looking for BATs…

nuclearinst.com/Events/lunch...

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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 7d

a beautiful description

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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 13d

Same vibe but I love your take

youtu.be/MusyO7J2inM?...

Watch the Football! ⚽ | That Mitchell and Webb Look - BBC

YouTube video by BBC

youtu.be

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Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 13d

Calling your reaction “metal-free” just because the metal isn’t d-block is…certainly a choice
#ChemSky

a close up of a man 's face with the word interesting written below him

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the word interesting written below him

media.tenor.com

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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 13d

Bloody lovely stuff

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 14d

Fwd: Fwd: “I hope this email finds you well”

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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 13d

Decent, good share

Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 15d

They should be getting 80% the coverage Reform gets

Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 15d

The algo's over there were more engaging, maybe one day BlueSky will get there, thanks for being here at least.
w/r to the chemnobel... well this is the most reading I have done on it so I too will now say its MOFs year

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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 15d

Truly in a social media pandemic - say boy posting into the void- irony

Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 15d

This is wild

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 17d

So is it a slop machine? Yes. Yes, I think it is.

But it's more than that. Sora can also bring your favorite fringe ideas to life... like chemtrails!

(this is seriously maybe the video I'm most proud of so far...)

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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social · 15d

How have i not seen this yet