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University Liaison to the National Laboratories @IllinoisTech . Associate Dean @IITSci_Letters . Professor of Physics and Materials Engineering. Energy Matters

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Jeff Terry
6 years
If you're going to argue with crazy on Twitter, please untag me. If you're going to argue with crazy on Twitter, please untag me.
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We offer a perspective on the notable features of the SARS-CoV-2 genome and discuss scenarios by which they could have arisen. Our analyses clearly show that SARS-CoV-2 is not a laboratory construct or a purposefully manipulated virus.
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1 year
And there’s your #Indy500 qualifying order. @ims
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1 year
No tritium found in fish one month after Fukushima water release - The Japan Times
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8 years
It's really too bad we force people into sides on all things. There really shouldn't be sides to the dignity of human life. @OfficialJoelF
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7 years
I'm going to have to hold on to this article. My students never believe me when I tell them that lava lamps were used for random number generation. Encryption Lava Lamps @atlasobscura
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Backup Power: A Growing Need, if You Can Afford It. Jt: you have got to be kidding me ⁦ @nytimes ⁩. You geniuses stood by as the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant closed down. Now you tell people to buy a gas generator so they don’t freeze to death
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6 years
It’s, it’s alive. The Oak Point Nuclear Power Plant is alive.
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4 months
Well. This dude’s shirt wins the 2024 #Indy500 @ims @jdouglas4
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6 years
No picture ever quite does justice to Cherenkov Radiation. The eye is a remarkable detector.
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3 years
Good god. You won’t get a Chernobyl from a VVER reactor. Come on @cnn get better experts.
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3 years
My good friend, Sam Brinton, is currently the focus of a smear campaign. Sam is one of the foremost nuclear waste experts in the USA. I fully support his appointment as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy at Energy
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7 years
I finally after all of these years met @sbrinton in person. Sam is one of the top Nuclear Waste Experts in the US #ANSMeeting
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6 years
@nellynicole92 @aisha1908 I don't for a second think that they problem has miraculously ended.
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2 years
Kid going to jail. We train em young in Chicago. #WhiteSox
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6 years
Now this is a real cold weather science experiment. At -14 F/-26C, boiling water quickly condenses into a cloud of microdroplets. These can freeze due to large surface to volume ratio. Never throw hot water towards anyone. Being hit by boiling water is unpleasant.
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5 years
If you ain’t down with fractals, I feel bad for you, son I’ve got 99 problems, and 99 smaller problems inside of each one
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Dr Christine Beavers💎
5 years
If you ain’t down with fractals, I feel bad for you, son I’ve got 99 problems, and 99 smaller problems inside of each one
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8 years
Congratulations to the @TheSimpsons on their accurate prediction from 2000
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6 years
@nellynicole92 @aisha1908 I think the mandatory reporting policy encourages nonreporting. Before we instituted a mandatory reporting policy
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1 year
Plant Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Enters Service. Jt: great article by ⁦ @timechols ⁩. The only thing that he doesn’t touch on is that if we don’t build another AP1000, that all the expensive learning that went into building the first will be lost.
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7 years
My first oscilloscope
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6 years
What a difference 5 years has made
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3 years
@SpencerGuard I’ll add if you’re a part of the civilian resistance in Ukraine, you’re going to see a lot of 7.62 x 39 mm ammunition. This is a really effective round inside of 200 meters. Don’t waste ammo shooting at things beyond a football field.
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5 years
Glacier National Park Quietly Removes Its "Gone By 2020" Signs Jt: predicting the future is hard. Scientists should always recognize this. It is dangerous to our hard and fast dates on things. Error bars are a good thing.
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2 years
Many thanks to the folks from Argonne who brought out Graphite Blocks from the first nuclear reactor, CP-1. Art of the Reactor. If you look closely, you can see the tiny boreholes that held the uranium slugs.
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Palisades nuclear plant to restart in deal with power co-op. The facility stands to become the first decommissioned nuclear plant to be fired back up in the entire United States. Jt: outstanding. ⁦ @PalisadesEnergy
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7 years
@sciam @500womensci My problem with Nye is that he rarely recognizes when he is wrong and continues to blaze forward while spreading misinformation. That's not the purpose of science. Maybe celebrity (see goop and Paltrow) but not science.
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2 years
Didn’t need Einstein to correctly predict that outcome
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Nuclear NY
2 years
April 30 marks the one-year anniversary of New York’s premature closure of the #IndianPoint nuclear plant. Data collected by the electricity regulator @NewYorkISO show that its electricity was replaced by fossil combustion, not renewables & efficiency.
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5 years
Millivoltmeter found today when cleaning out the lab. Tested Nov 2, 1936.
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5 years
Fluid flow simulation using #swiftlang and #spritekit by one of my #Computational Physics students.
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6 years
@nellynicole92 @aisha1908 people would come to tell me of issues they were having. Afterwards, no one has said anything.
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2 years
What a night. Ronald Knief just gave me a call. We got to talk criticality safety, reactor wall charts, insane (my word) NRC directors. He wanted me to share this with those interested in the Art of the Reactor exhibit that we have at ⁦ @illinoistech
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4 years
Illinois Representative ⁦ @RepKinzinger ⁩ introduces The Nuclear Licensing Efficiency Act, H.R. 1578, which would continue the modernization effort at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
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4 years
Yes @elonmusk , you are a jackass
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8 years
Hey @BreitbartNews you blaze, we blaze. My Browning fires back quite well and I know enough physics that I don't miss that often @mcnees
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3 years
Calling Jaczko a nuclear expert is like calling me a great pizza chef because I can scarf down a good pizza. 🙄
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3 years
There Is Not Enough Time for Nuclear Innovation to Save the Planet. Jt: more insanity from another unqualified former NRC chair. The placing of unqualified people in positions of regulatory authority will continue to decrease our ability to solve problems.
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5 years
Ontario cancels nearly built $200M wind farm over threat to bat populations. Jt: about time that bat kills by wind turbines are being taken seriously.
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Yes. I did add a glowing Demon Core to the nuclear side of my office.
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@RepKinzinger If Webb is as bright as those who took selfies in the Capitol Building, I don’t think you have much to worry about.
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5 years
If Nuclear Energy Is Replaced By Natural Gas, Say Goodbye To Climate Goals
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2 years
An outdoor pool using waste water from the new Sizewell C nuclear power station is among proposals contained in a blueprint for the transformation of a neighbouring Suffolk town. Jt: put one in my back yard. What do I need to sign? Add a hot tub and sauna
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8 years
Don't argue with crazy on Twitter. Don't argue with crazy on Twitter. Don't argue with crazy on Twitter. Don't argue with crazy on Twitter.
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Palisades Plant Shuts Down For Final Time, Ahead of Schedule. Jt: 50 years of clean, carbon-free generation. Hell of a job shutting that down 30 years early. 🤡🤡🤡
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Elon Musk: It’s possible to make 'extremely safe' nuclear plants Jt: no shit, for real dude? Who knew?
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5 years
When I grade my student's #Computational Physics code, I test the programs under conditions under which they should work as well as what they designated it to do. Here I run the student's code to see if it qualitatively supports Torricelli's Principle.
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California to let gas plants stay open as time runs low for climate action Jt: great job California. Throw a lifeline to the climate change inducing Nat Gas plants but not the clean nuclear energy at Diablo Canyon. Clowns
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7 years
Science doesn't always get the right answer on the first try. #MyOneScienceTweet
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4 years
Passively safe reactors require different safety rules, not less stringent ones. You don't need backup water pumps in a reactor that doesn't use cooling water. This is a terrible headline: Smaller Nuclear Plants May Come With Less Stringent Safety Rules
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@ScottLuft @neurograce I never wanted to see mine again afterward
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Like I said. Nothing good ever comes from having your mother on @twitter . 😉 #NuclearScienceWeek
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Exelon files to deactivate Byron Nuclear Plant Jt: what is there to reach out about? Fossil fuels use the atmosphere as a free dump. Intermittent generation causes problems in Texas and California. Learn from other peoples mistakes. Save these plants 🤦‍♂️
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4 years
Congrats to D3 on your #coronavirus graduation. No real graduation photos so this is the best we can do. #ClassOf2020
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2 years
Many permit applications assume a decommissioning cost of less than $100,000 per wind turbine, but recent experience suggests the cost is more realistically something like $400,000-$500,000; the funds for this simply aren’t likely to be available.
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6 years
Aw, my kids swimming next to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant.
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@nellynicole92 @aisha1908 the cynical me though thinks that nonreporting is the exact outcome the administration wanted.
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She's been gone for such a long time (Hey-la-day-la my Sue-friend's back) Now she's back and things'll be fine (Hey-la-day-la my Sue-friend's back) @SUEtheTrex
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Wow. This is just so wrong. One only need look to the Palo Verde Nuclear Plant to see how it uses reclaimed waste water for cooling in the desert. If only reality mattered 🤷‍♂️ @histoftech
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This is so important: a reminder that nuclear power is not renewable, because of the huge water demands. @mzjacobson @MichaelEMann @ErikMConway @ClimateOpp @DoMoisan And as the climate heats up, those demands will increase.
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1 year
Wow. Look at that, old dude, who has been wrong for decades, goes after AOC for coming to a good decision after properly analyzing evidence. Who is surprised by that one?
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Ralph Nader
1 year
Why is @AOC —co-founder of the Green New Deal—leaving the door open to dangerous nuclear power? Her many followers perplexed. 2 nukes recently closed in her backyard (Indian Point). Read the astonishing story in the new Capitol Hill Citizen (print only) -R
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China is kicking our asses in energy and advanced nuclear. Congratulations @EnergyGOP @EnergyDems @WhiteHouse @energy @NRCgov on your successful US advanced nuclear program which apparently can’t even get a six pack of light water SMRs built on a national lab site. 🤦‍♂️
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10 months
After a 168-hour demonstration run, HTR-PM (High Temperature gas-cooled Reactor Pebble-bed Module) Demo in Shidao Bay, Shandong Province of China, the world’s first modular high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor, entered commercial operation on Dec 6
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3 years
Germany hits out at Brussels plan to label nuclear and gas ‘green’. Jt: Do the opposite of whatever Germany does and you’ll be in good shape. via @GoogleNews
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7 months
I discussed with my students that some of the dumbest people I know have PhDs. Conversely, some of the smartest people I know don’t have high school diplomas. Degrees aren’t necessarily indicative of intelligence. It’s important to remember that.
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Europe is so short of natural gas that the continent -- usually seen as the poster child for the global fight against emissions -- is turning to coal to meet electricity demand that is now back to pre-pandemic levels.
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I was awarded the Lewis College of Science and Letters Excellence in Teaching award for 2020-2021. This makes me the @IITSci_Letters nominee for the university's Rowe Excellence in Teaching Award. It’s an honor to be recognized for my Grad and UG teaching
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@EddieZipperer None of these self-serving individuals have any business running the country.
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6 years
Ok. Who put @NuclearAnthro in charge of decorating SFO and why do I not own a Nuclear Reactor Steam Toy?
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5 years
Maybe try not forcing them to close Diablo Canyon and replace it with renewables. Then allow them to upgrade the infrastructure with the money saved. Take responsibility for your own regulatory failure. 🤷‍♂️
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KRON4 News
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Newsom tears PG&E for mismanagement: "They simply did not do their job. We will hold them to an account that they’ve never been held in the past. We will do everything in our power to restructure PG&E so it is a completely different entity" Full video:
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3 years
A point expressed to New York by just about every energy expert with a functioning brain.
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And there is the sunrise on my 50th birthday. Of course, it's cloudy. But I suppose the future always is.
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And Three Mile Island is now offline forever after setting a personal best record of 709 straight days in operation. Good luck getting 709 straight days out of renewable energy, Pennsylvania. Good thing you have Nat Gas. #BurnBabyBurn
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So look folks, if you want to learn about reactor safety such as what has been done after Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, ask an expert. Don’t turn to a guy who formed his opinion on terrorism at reactors by watching a miniseries on HBO.
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Realistically, people, in spite of the fear mongering being done by @Noahpinion , the absolute best a terrorist could do is hydrogen explosion like at Fukushima. You aren’t going to achieve the runaway criticality that occurred at Chernobyl.
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#nuke plant selfie. Can't be that close to a clean reliable nuclear plant and not grab a photo. #wattsBar
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Germany was wrong to abandon nuclear power, the energy spokesman for Angela Merkel’s party has said. Jt: anyone with a brain knew that.
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2 years
Happy 30th Wedding Anniversary to my wife.
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@astrochicana @That_Astro_Chic Really sorry you had to deal with that. I turned down a job at UT (different department) because of racist and sexist comments. Told that to the chair when I declined. First time I’ve named the university. Thanks for your strength.
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@seferry I turned down a job over dumbassed sexist and racist crap a faculty member said to me on an interview a couple years ago.
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6 years
All set for PhD Hooding Ceremony.
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More Nuclear Power Is What Both Parties Want. Jt: then the politicians need to abolish the NRC and start over again.
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The Wizard is Back in Town.
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@michaelpreis @nellynicole92 @aisha1908 Ah yes. Always wise to set up a system for covering your ass instead of one of prevention and help.
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I only use Acme Uranium Fuel Rods.
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4 years
Congratulations Clara. Munster High School Graduate.
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6 years
I've decide that I could put together one hell of a university with people I know on Twitter. Anyone have $2-3B to spare for start up costs
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5 years
How about the damage you did to the nuclear industry with your movie, The China Syndrome? Should you be held responsible for the claptrap that that movie was?
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“Just like crimes against humanity have been put on trial at Nuremberg... the fossil fuel industry will hopefully be held accountable.” Actress and climate activist Jane Fonda says fossil fuel companies have "damaged the whole globe" and should be "held responsible" #Newsnight
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@katyhuff @BulletinAtomic I agree. The @BulletinAtomic uses terrible images for most things nuclear energy related. Some of the darkest and most unrealistic images that one can find. There are no wheat fields full of nuclear waste drums in the US, nor will there ever be.
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Mom is out of surgery. We will know more in s few weeks. Thanks for everyone’s wishes and prayers.
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2 years
Props to the French for continuing to do this for the Americans buried there
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Danny Deraney
2 years
On this #MemorialDay I love to share this video. French caretakers take the sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub them into the letters to give them the brown/gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil.
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AWS just dropped $650 million on a data center built next to a 2.5 gigawatt nuclear power station - and it still might not be enough to keep pace with surging future energy demands
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27 years ago at St. Casimir’s Church in Hammond IN.
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Beamtime at 25: Yeah. Let's go hurt some science. Beamtime at 50: Am I dead yet? #ScienceThroughTheAges
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