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Anna Biela

@nuclearanna.bsky.social

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Nuclear engineer, enby queer, and collector of hobbies. Any pronouns.

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Anna Biela @nuclearanna.bsky.social · Nov 9

If anyone would like to join me in memorializing my father, Tom Biela, please consider donating to the Joslin Diabetes Center or the American Diabetes Association.

joslin.org/giving
diabetes.org

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Anna Biela @nuclearanna.bsky.social · 9h

I have a pretty great down comforter from Costco. It’s huge (oversized king iirc) and feels classy AND cozy and I can switch out the cover to match whatever aesthetic I’m feeling

It was somewhere around $130, I think? Not cheap, but it’s lasted me 5-ish years at this point

Anna Biela @nuclearanna.bsky.social · 20h

Marveling at the engineer that reached the “we can’t scram the reactor” conclusion, couldn’t find a solution, and then decided to keep going

Anna Biela @nuclearanna.bsky.social · 20h

am I reading this wrong or is ATWS the expected behavior of the part of the core with NINETY THREE PERCENT ENRICHED URANIUM

Anna Biela @nuclearanna.bsky.social · 20h

oh my godddddddd

“The boiler elements were constructed with low enriched uranium, but the superheater elements (originally planned for about 20% enrichment) were actually constructed with 93% enriched uranium. The reactor had both boiler and superheater control rods-but the superheater rods did not move on a scram; instead, they moved in at normal speed on "runback." The superheater had to have steam flow in order to maintain cooling-and this led to much further complication on loss of steam flow (turbine trip, etc.) to ensure steam still flowed through the superheater long enough to cool it safely.”

Anna Biela @nuclearanna.bsky.social · 20h

30 minutes???? Nooooooo 😭😭😭

Anna Biela @nuclearanna.bsky.social · 1d

What plant is that on the dish? I don’t recognize it

Anna Biela @nuclearanna.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, nice! I have a stack of the fuel pellet cards at work too, some of which are from ANS. It’s cool to see an older version of them!

And a much fancier version too!

Anna Biela @nuclearanna.bsky.social · 1d

And how much more did the new tickets cost?

Anna Biela @nuclearanna.bsky.social · 2d

No worries! I’ll just have to try to make it or look up places myself :)

Anna Biela @nuclearanna.bsky.social · 2d

Me: “I should proofread before hitting post”

Also me: “lskskllosuaiosbsbeosodoslkkjjjjkkkkkkkk!!!!1”

Anna Biela @nuclearanna.bsky.social · 2d

Me, about once a week: “I should most more nuclear stuff on here”

Me, 5 minutes later: “HEY EVERYONE YOU NEED TO SEE THIS COOL BIRD”

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Anna Biela @nuclearanna.bsky.social · 2d

I only found out bc I was listening to cardinal calls on Merlin (which is, of course, a very normal thing one does) and there were different recordings for long-crested northern cardinals at the bottom. So of course I had to look them up :)

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