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Really interesting thread!
Jeez, what do you use to apply penetrant, a fire hose?I've seen a hydro generator torn down, and nuke stuff gets inspected way harder. I used to make electronics for nuclear reactors, and you could trace every part back to the raw materials . We had a weird detector problem that we traced to a beryllium copper lid on a chip, making a silver leaded component radioactive. I used to run this one test while we went to lunch, and I set the room to run the test every 30 minutes. I looked at the data, went back to the office and stuck my head into my bosses office, and asked what has a 25 minute half life?
I remembered the dimes that the Atomic Museum in Oak ridge used to make. They ran a silver dime thru the machine, put it in a case, and it was radioactive for a half hour.
I also knew how it worked,
So I looked good for solving that Physics problem, lol. Not my job, at the time.
Ron, How much do those bearing caps weigh? You know, in one of my more unused certifications, I'm certified to run a 10 and 20 ton bridge crane.And ship nuke stuff. lol. You'd be amazed what can ship on a commercial airliner... No fissile materials, but grenades are cool; the pin counts as a 'safety device.'