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Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy

@tayloraloy.bsky.social

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Virginia Tech Postdoc (STS), nuclear energy/nonpro. Former SRO instructor nuke worker. he/him. #TritiumMatters Dissertation: https://hdl.handle.net/10919/120638 FAS Day One 2025: https://fas.org/publication/fusion-energy-leadership-tritium-capacity/

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Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · Aug 10

*PhD-level intelligence intensifies*

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 1h

Ukrainian power grid workers are actually superhuman btw

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Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 1h

That makes good sense. One real world implication of the ideal 1:80 ratio is that one of the T and Pu exchanges between US in UK in the 1980s was exactly 1:80. Like you said, that’s max efficiency. Jokes on them though because we should still have most of the Pu.

Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 11h

Those Pu production numbers provide useful context for Teller’s postwar request for exotic quantities of T.

Do you have any insight on the T:Pu production ratios? Early sources 1:80, later sources 1:72. I assume there were efficiency improvements on both sides.

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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 18h

This took longer to put together than I thought it would, but I finally wrote up a long post on the inventories of highly-enriched uranium and separated plutonium produced during the Manhattan Project. I think I have the exact-ish numbers, finally... blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2025/10/10/m...

Manhattan Project fissile material inventories

Reconstructing the quantities of enriched uranium and plutonium produced during the Manhattan Project.

blog.nuclearsecrecy.com

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Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 12h

Yes. Most of us just want to remind folks that nuclear weapons exist, but we haven’t gotten control of the hype escalation ladder.

Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 12h

512 GB RAM is now bare minimum for AI-browsing.

Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 1d

“Looks like the Insurrection Act is back on the menu, boys!”

Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 1d

Dude needs to go into the desert and meditate on Ecclesiastes for a few months.

One of the reasons Christ exalts the wisdom of children is because only adults are arrogant and clever enough to so thoroughly and fundamentally misunderstand the Gospels.

Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 1d

Spooky season!

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Katie Mummah, PhD @nuclearkatie.com · 1d

Urenco approved to enrich uranium up to 10% in "all existing and future cascades".

This is HALEU, but only the lower end of HALEU enrichments. Sometimes this enrichment level, 5-10%, is referred to as LEU+
www.ans.org/news/2025-10...
#NukeSky

Urenco USA gets OK to enrich uranium up to 10 percent

www.ans.org

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Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 1d

It’s never too late to learn about SWUs.

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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · 1d

sick 👍🏻

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Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 1d

He’s just waiting for the vibe check before he arbitrarily invokes the insurrection act against Democratically run U.S. cities.

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 1d

Titan Thursday!

In Arkansas for the @outrider.org conference.

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Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not your audience here. I’ve been following this closely since Ru seized ZNPP in March 2022. I have experience in nuclear power operations. I’ve argued at length against the propaganda of a ZNPP restart. I understand.

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Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 1d

ZNPP hasn’t produced power for many months since they lost their ultimate heat sink. Restart would be highly unlikely and dangerous at this point. So, hopefully Ru won’t try that.

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Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 1d

I’m somewhat unclear on your meaning, so I’ll just say that every nation, particularly those with nuclear power programs, should give AF about the status of ZNPP.

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Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 1d

ZNPP reactors are VVER-1000 not RBMK

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Steve Saidemonster @smsaideman.bsky.social · 3d

The right expects the left to act accoridng to right wing stereotypes of the left. "The left only cares about identity, not merit." And when the left actually cares about merit (that Weiss is an awful person), the right claims the left is being untrue to themselves.
So, tis the right focused on id

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

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Leftists did the same thing to OJ Simpson. An entrepreneur, actor and sports icon of color and leftists wanted him in jail because of his relationship problems.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 3d

Can you parse that a bit? Is that social-media “exercise science” crisis?

What is the crisis?

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Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 3d

Time for experts to get back into “silos.”

Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 3d

That’s the real added value of the visual medium. Also, the “woke” satire is so spot on and humane. Very glad it got renewed because All Systems Red is ~10% of the fun of all that follows.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3d

After the shutdown during the 1st Trump admin, Congress passed a law to guarantee back pay for furloughed workers.

That bill was signed into law by Donald Trump.

Workers will be paid.

This chaos is a distraction from Trump's failure to secure a deal to lower health care costs.

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Dr. Taylor “The Triton of Terror” Loy @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 3d

Why wouldn’t you tell the world?