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![The Insane Engineering of the Thunderscreech
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Some references cannot be shared here on request from industry insider sources. Here are some publicly available links:
[1] https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/633410-loudest-aircraft
[2] http://www.enginehistory.org/GasTurbines/Allison/XF-84/XF-84.shtml
[3] https://slidetodoc.com/aerodynamics-chapter-3-aerodynamics-of-flight-2009-aviation/
[4] http://www.aerodynamics4students.com/propulsion/blade-element-propeller-theory.php
[5] Page 135 https://books.google.com/books?id=nL0MAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=DRALEY,+E.+C.,+et+al.,+Trends+in+the+Design+and+Performance+of+High-Speed+Propellers.+NACA+Conference+on+Aerodynamics+Problems+of+Transonic+Airplane+Design+Langley+Aeronautical+Laboratory,+Sept.27-29,1949.&source=bl&ots=xWth13l7S9&sig=ACfU3U2vP0IFKn8LX5rkc8Yndv5KYCadAQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv_YvUlrTzAhXpkmoFHU1cCUYQ6AF6BAgCEAM#v=onepage&q=DRALEY%2C%20E.%20C.%2C%20et%20al.%2C%20Trends%20in%20the%20Design%20and%20Performance%20of%20High-Speed%20Propellers.%20NACA%20Conference%20on%20Aerodynamics%20Problems%20of%20Transonic%20Airplane%20Design%20Langley%20Aeronautical%20Laboratory%2C%20Sept.27-29%2C1949.&f=false
[6] https://www2.gvsu.edu/ramseyea/Spitfire.html#:~:text=Spitfire&text=Powerplant%3A,12%20cylinder%2C%20Liquid%2Dcooled.
[7] https://sci-hubtw.hkvisa.net/10.2514/6.2002-3567
[8]
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2014/october/flight-training-magazine/technique left-turning-tendencies#:~:text=must%20be%20recognized.-,Torque,turning%20force%20about%20an%20axis.&text=As%20the%20propeller%20spins%20clockwise,is%20damped%20by%20the%20wings.
[9] https://www.airspacemag.com/how-things-work/zwrrwwwbrzr-4846149/
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![The Uncertain Future of Nuclear Power
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References
[1] https://www.iea.org/fuels-and-technologies/nuclear
[2] https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/three-mile-island-accident.aspx
[3] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4184-0_6
[4] https://energy.mit.edu/research/future-nuclear-energy-carbon-constrained-world/
[5] https://www.dw.com/en/sweden-approves-plans-for-forsmark-nuclear-waste-storage-site/a-60584787
[6]https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Onkalo_spent_nuclear_fuel_repository&oldid=1154243908
[7] https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/10/01/why-doesnt-u-s-recycle-nuclear-fuel/
[8] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elsa-Merle/publication/228588729_Liquid_Salt_Applications_and_Molten_Salt_Reactors/links/0912f50b22a65d1d39000000/Liquid-Salt-Applications-and-Molten-Salt-Reactors.pdf
[9] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687850713000101
[10] https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-are-small-modular-reactors-smrs
[11] https://aris.iaea.org/Publications/SMR_Book_2020.pdf
[12] https://www.oecd-nea.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2021-03/7560_smr_report.pdf
[13] https://www.nuscalepower.com/en/products
[14] https://www.nuscalepower.com/-/media/nuscale/pdf/publications/plant-safety-in-response-to-extreme-events.pdf
[15] https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/08/1067992/smaller-nuclear-reactors/
[16]https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9374057
[17]https://ieefa.org/resources/eye-popping-new-cost-estimates-released-nuscale-small-modular-reactor#:~:text=Key%20Findings,(SMR)%20have%20risen%20dramatically.&text=As%20recently%20as%20mid%2D2021,MWh%2C%20a%2053%25%20increase.
[18]https://energypost.eu/small-modular-reactor-cost-overruns-the-same-old-problems-haunt-new-nuclear-in-utah/
[19]https://atb.nrel.gov/electricity/2022/index
[20]https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/World-Nuclear-Industry-Status-Report-2021-773.html
[21]https://smractionplan.ca/
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