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Terrans Will Weaponize Everything They Have

2024.04.30 02:44 hdufort Terrans Will Weaponize Everything They Have

At first, Terrans thought they could negotiate with the Q'wen. The tall, gracious aliens seemed like good enough folks, with a deep respect for ecosystems and an innate sense of aesthetics. Their music was heavenly, once adjusted to human pitch. Their cities were the most perfect examples of egalitarian utopias, with crystal spires and hanging gardens. They were highly respected galactic citizens. Everything they touched became a thing of beauty.
From a purely local perspective, though, they were also terrible neighbors. They put big glowing "No trespassing" signs everywhere they thought belonged to them, and their bold claims included two thirds of the Outer Orion Arm. Terrans lived in a small sector of the Orion Arm, nearly surrounded by Q'wen space.
The Q'wen were also ruthless, and a handful of minor civilizations had been wiped out after provoking their wrath. The Betels, a spacefaring civilization dominated by a warrior class, learned their lesson and proved the point, by dying. They had large cannons. The Q'wen had larger cannons, and they were tuned to play an intricate symphony of doom as they atomized the Betels.
The Q'wen were designing insanely beautiful gunships, elegant battle cruisers, platinum-plated flagships. Being annihilated by these beings of pure beauty was, in a way, an honor.
As much as Terrans enjoyed the seemingly infinite flow of Q'wen music, sculptures, fabrics, and sculpted fabrics that made music when worn (hah!), they also felt like the Q'wen were total asses for not sharing the (mostly empty) space between stars with their neighbors.
It was no surprise that eventually, the captain of a Terran tradeship decided that taking the long, winding, costly road around the Q'wen empire, just to sell single malt scotch to the Perseans, was no longer a viable option. He headed straight into Q'wen space. There, he did that Terran thing where you turn your rocket around, fly close to the upper atmosphere of a planet, and open the garbage disposal bays.
On that evening of January 17, 2258, captain Jed Burgos mooned the Q'wen.
This caused some friction at the galactic council, and unsurprisingly, the Terran envoy tried to downplay the incident. He suggested that a Terran fleet deliver a hundred tons of the finest Carrara marble blocks to the Q'wen. He also humiliated himself by letting the members of the Q'wen delegation touch and stroke his hair.
When the fleet of fifteen Terran heavy haulers finished delivering the marble blocks to Q'wenna Prime, the ships took off, then turned around and emptied their garbage disposal bays, somewhere between the first and the second moon of the Q'wens homeworld.
Completely disregarding the Terran High Council's directives, these proud Terran tradeship captains had just mooned the Q'wen again, this time between their two sacred moons. Which was ironic in a very Terran way.
The Terran High Council had a long history of solving crises caused by their fellow Terrans (usually due to rash and irrational behavior), by using efficient methods such as official gifts, bribes, political manipulation, more bribes, and "diplomacy" (sex bribes). This time though, the only outcome, the unavoidable conclusion, was war.
Thus, the Terran-Q'wen war had started. Or to be more precise, a bizarre phase of the conflict historians have named "The Buildup". Because the Q'wen knew they couldn't just fly a bunch of warships in Terran space and expect a surrender, they had to prepare their fleet.
But the Terrans, being Terrans, wouldn't sit idle.
An initial assessment of the Terran military found a total of 459 warships, but half of them were currently undergoing maintenance.
Terrans of the 23rd century were not very warlike in general. Apart from the regular Space Marine task force, colonial gunships, and a handful of high-security escort cruisers, most human ships were lightly armed. They were traders and miners and crafty businesspeople, not a military society.
This is precisely where Terrans had a rather unconventional approach. Most of their trade infrastructure could be weaponized. They had built the most efficient mining operations in the galaxy, by using their famous Westinghouse-Tesla Mass Drivers, which were high-precision electromagnetic catapults used to throw minerals extracted from asteroids towards orbital "catch areas" where the minerals were smelted.
Within two months, every single Terran transport ship was equipped with a repurposed mass driver. Within five months, Komatsu plasma arc cutters used for asteroid mining were also mounted on every ship in the Terran fleet. Which was growing at an alarming rate (from a Q'wen perspective).
Over five thousand transports, cruise ships, space casinos and colonial buses could now engage Q'wen enemies from a distance.
Every single tug, cargo ship and tradeship were also equipped with high-energy laser smelters from the Exxon-RioTinto mineral refineries. These lasers were medium range, and they were deadly.
The Terrans now had a fleet of twelve thousand ships equipped with long range EM slug guns firing superheated depleted uranium and tungsten slugs. Medium-range lasers able to slice through any enemy ship like it's made of warm butter. And short-range plasma arc cutters that could cut holes in space stations and habitats, to board them.
The Q'wen tried to keep up. They were now caught in an arms race, and then knew they had superior warships, more manoeuvrable dogfighters, and much more powerful ion cannons. But they had a grand total of 750 ships, including the Emperor's personal fleet.
They tried to delay the Terrans by calling for emergency talks, by making demands. They sounded very reasonable. Terran envoys had much fun going to cocktails and watching parades. Still, the humans were converting equipment. They were not building a single new ship or cannon, merely repurposing.
Tiny Oort cloud planetoids were covered with a coating called "Black 4.0" (you can Google it), which was the darkest and least reflective substance in the known universe. Then, Boeing Space Industries relativistic jet boosters were used to accelerate them to, well, relativistic speeds. Soon enough, the "secret" Q'wen observation ships posted just outside our Solar System were being obliterated by stealthy, ultracooled balls of ice coming from nowhere.
After a year, the Q'wen had produced a grand total of 35 elegant, deadly, silvery, and terribly expensive warships. Meanwhile, Humans had accumulated a grand total of 19,000 weapon platforms of all sorts, including the biggest slug gun ever created, using the ginormous mass driver from the UPS Relativistic Delivery Platform orbiting Jupiter. This behemoth could accelerate a 100-tons slab of tungsten to 3% of the speed of light, precisely delivering it to a target area the size of Rhode Island, 3 light-days away.
Terran TV broadcasted the first test, in which the UPS Gun delivered unimaginable destruction to a reddish planetoid in the Kuiper belt, Sedna (which was vaporized). The Q'wen emperor was alarmed. He redirected most of the remaining industrial production towards the production of planetary defense systems.
The Q'wen kept going for a little while, building a handful of slightly cheaper gunships over the course of the next few weeks. Nobody knows why or how they kept going, since this excessive war effort -- for a war that had not even started -- had already put an unbearable strain on their resources, and caused irreversible damage to their economy. Cities were crumbling, citizens were rioting, and entire Q'wen worlds were seceding from the empire, to escape the madness. The emperor simply vanished.
Then, the Q'wen empire just went bankrupt. It ceased to exist as a meaningful political entity.
Terrans disbanded their enormous war fleet, all 23,454 ships, platforms, stations and installations, and went back to the thing they love the most: trade. And now, trade is more lucrative than ever, with the Q'wen stranglehold gone.
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2024.02.28 19:09 gatchek Westinghouse 13500TF - auto/electric start not working

Electric start stopped working after about 3 hours.
Westinghouse support wants me to bring it to a local engine repair, but I don’t have a vehicle, not the man power to bring it there.
Was hoping someone here had a similar issue and was able to offer some advice.
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2024.02.20 09:37 globalmarketvision Metal Wear Sensor Market Set to See Major Growth by 2030

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2024.01.05 07:30 harshaljaiswal27 Hafnium Market Size, Share and Demand

The global hafnium market size was valued at USD 155.52 million in 2022. The market is anticipated to expand from USD 396.07 million in 2023 to USD 669.77 million in 2030, exhibiting a CAGR of 7.8% over the estimated period.
Information Source -https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/hafnium-market-108578
Hafnium is a silvery gray lustrous tetravalent transition metal typically sourced from zirconium minerals. The global shift toward electrification, including the widespread adoption of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, is a significant catalyst for hafnium market growth.
Segmentation:
Hafnium Metal Segment Dominated the Market Due to Its Advantages in Harsh Environmental Conditions
In terms of type, the market is segmented into hafnium oxide, hafnium carbide, hafnium metal, and others. The hafnium metal segment held a key market share. Its impressive resistance to corrosion is a pivotal advantage, especially in industries exposed to harsh environmental condition. This factor is a significant driving force behind the ongoing expansion of the hafnium segment.
Super Alloys Segment Maintained its Leadership Due to Increasing Adoption of Hafnium-Based Super Alloys
On the basis of application, the market is divided into optical coating, nuclear, plasma cutting, super alloy, and others. The super alloys segment dominated the market in 2022. This is due to the increasing adoption of hafnium-based super alloys in diverse industries, including nuclear energy, gas turbines, biomedical, and aerospace.
In terms of region, the market is categorized into Europe, North America, the Asia Pacific, and the rest of world.
Report Coverage:
The report offers a thorough analysis of the primary factors set to drive industry growth in the coming years. It provides valuable insights into the most recent market trends and highlights noteworthy industry advancements. Additionally, the report evaluates the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on market expansion.
Drivers and Restraints:
Growing Advancements in Aerospace Sector to Propel Market Development
Hafnium’s significance in the aerospace industry is a key driver of market growth. As military aircraft development and global travel continue to evolve, the aerospace sector is on the cusp of remarkable growth. This growth sparks an increasing demand for hafnium base-alloys particularly for the advancement of cutting-edge jet engines and spacecraft components, thereby propelling the market expansion.
However, fluctuations in zirconium production, tied to hafnium supply, have led to periods of oversupply and shortages, disrupting market stability and growth prospects.
Regional Insights:
North America Emerged as Key Region Owing to Rising Demand for Pharmaceutical Products
North America hafnium market share led the market position. The burgeoning need for efficient and accessible air travel options fuels the demand for new and upgrade aircrafts, thereby driving region’s growth.
Hafnium’s exceptional properties, such as resistance to corrosion and high melting point, make it indispensable for manufacturing components that demand stability and durability under high temperatures. This heightened demand from diverse industries such as automotive, electronics, and energy is a primary driver of the Asia Pacific market growth.
Competitive Landscape:
Market is Consolidated due to the Presence of Well-Established Companies
The market possesses a high level of consolidation, characterized by a select group of major companies who exercise significant control over the market. These well-established companies efficiently manage production facilities. The likelihood of new entrants establishing a presence in this market is quite limited, majorly due to the requirement for substantial technological expertise.
Key Industry Development:
April 2023 –SG Technologies Group Limited, a specialized manufacturer of rare-earth-based products was acquired by NEO Company. This strategic move marked a significant achievement for NEO, allowing them to broaden their product range within the rare earth sector.
List of Key Players Mentioned in the Report:
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2023.12.12 05:22 harshaljaiswal27 Hafnium Market Size, Share and Demand

The global hafnium market size was valued at USD 155.52 million in 2022. The market is anticipated to expand from USD 396.07 million in 2023 to USD 669.77 million in 2030, exhibiting a CAGR of 7.8% over the estimated period.
Information Source -https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/hafnium-market-108578
Hafnium is a silvery gray lustrous tetravalent transition metal typically sourced from zirconium minerals. The global shift toward electrification, including the widespread adoption of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, is a significant catalyst for hafnium market growth.
Segmentation:
Hafnium Metal Segment Dominated the Market Due to Its Advantages in Harsh Environmental Conditions
In terms of type, the market is segmented into hafnium oxide, hafnium carbide, hafnium metal, and others. The hafnium metal segment held a key market share. Its impressive resistance to corrosion is a pivotal advantage, especially in industries exposed to harsh environmental condition. This factor is a significant driving force behind the ongoing expansion of the hafnium segment.
Super Alloys Segment Maintained its Leadership Due to Increasing Adoption of Hafnium-Based Super Alloys
On the basis of application, the market is divided into optical coating, nuclear, plasma cutting, super alloy, and others. The super alloys segment dominated the market in 2022. This is due to the increasing adoption of hafnium-based super alloys in diverse industries, including nuclear energy, gas turbines, biomedical, and aerospace.
In terms of region, the market is categorized into Europe, North America, the Asia Pacific, and the rest of world.
Report Coverage:
The report offers a thorough analysis of the primary factors set to drive industry growth in the coming years. It provides valuable insights into the most recent market trends and highlights noteworthy industry advancements. Additionally, the report evaluates the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on market expansion.
Drivers and Restraints:
Growing Advancements in Aerospace Sector to Propel Market Development
Hafnium’s significance in the aerospace industry is a key driver of market growth. As military aircraft development and global travel continue to evolve, the aerospace sector is on the cusp of remarkable growth. This growth sparks an increasing demand for hafnium base-alloys particularly for the advancement of cutting-edge jet engines and spacecraft components, thereby propelling the market expansion.
However, fluctuations in zirconium production, tied to hafnium supply, have led to periods of oversupply and shortages, disrupting market stability and growth prospects.
Regional Insights:
North America Emerged as Key Region Owing to Rising Demand for Pharmaceutical Products
North America hafnium market share led the market position. The burgeoning need for efficient and accessible air travel options fuels the demand for new and upgrade aircrafts, thereby driving region’s growth.
Hafnium’s exceptional properties, such as resistance to corrosion and high melting point, make it indispensable for manufacturing components that demand stability and durability under high temperatures. This heightened demand from diverse industries such as automotive, electronics, and energy is a primary driver of the Asia Pacific market growth.
Competitive Landscape:
Market is Consolidated due to the Presence of Well-Established Companies
The market possesses a high level of consolidation, characterized by a select group of major companies who exercise significant control over the market. These well-established companies efficiently manage production facilities. The likelihood of new entrants establishing a presence in this market is quite limited, majorly due to the requirement for substantial technological expertise.
Key Industry Development:
April 2023 –SG Technologies Group Limited, a specialized manufacturer of rare-earth-based products was acquired by NEO Company. This strategic move marked a significant achievement for NEO, allowing them to broaden their product range within the rare earth sector.
List of Key Players Mentioned in the Report:
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2023.10.24 16:25 Covert_Popsicle [EVENT]ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT OF 2025

ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT OF 2025

Legislative Changes

Construction

Following changes made last year to the nuclear permitting process, a flurry of activity has been observed within the nuclear industry, and following the passage of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2025 construction starts across America have skyrocketed. Thanks to a federal loan guarantee, dozens of new projects have begun while refurbishment of existing reactors is scheduled.
New reactor builds, which had largely stalled in the face of regulatory and financing hurdles, have begun across the country with dozens of projects proposed or actively under construction. Some such projects include

Expected Other Impacts

Some expected impacts of the act include an expansion in transmission line capacity, long been considered one of the primary things restricting the growth of the American Grid. Another side effect of the proposed regulation is that it is going to be dramatically faster to build things in the United States as a primary tool to stall projects has been removed from NIMBY/Environmentalist organizations. This flurry of construction activity is expected to be a key growth driver as projects are completed in 5 rather than 11 years of activity
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2023.09.15 18:10 wordwaffler Thank yew sign guy

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2023.08.20 22:03 fixxall Civivi Vision FG and hinderer XM-18 3.5" westinghouse butterscotch paper scale.

Hello Knife_Swap!
I hope you are all doing awesome today!
 
I accept PayPal G&S and ship everything either USPS First Class or Priority (depending on speed differences) with tracking. I apologize, but U.S. buyers only at this time.
 
Timestamp
 
Up for sale is a brand new, Civivi SNECX Vision FG in black coated, Nitro-V steel and green canvas Micarta. I purchased this direct from Civivi, and it just came in today. It is a REALLY cool knife. The fit and finish is great, and the action is out of this world. The lock bar is really comfortable and easy to use. I'm just not feeling the choil for some reason. Meh. My loss is your gain!
Comes with the knife, microfiber cloth, zipper pouch, and box.
 
I am asking $70 Shipped for the Civivi SNECX Vision FG. SOLD!
 
Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3
 
Next up is a Hinderer XM-18 3.5" scale made from genuine, vintage Westinghouse Butterscotch Paper! This scale was made by the very talented RC BladeWorks. This scale is brand new, and has never been mounted. It's only being sold because I don't have an XM-18 3.5", lol. This also come with a bonus, blue titanium XM-18 3" pivot screw that came direct from Hinderer Knives. This pivot screw does have a little bit of wear because the driver I used to remove it poked through the microfiber cloth I used a buffer. >.<
 
I am asking $55 Shipped for the Hinderer XM-18 3.5" Westy Butterscotch Paper scale and bonus XM-18 3" pivot.
 
Pic 1, Pic 2
 
Thanks for looking and have a great day!
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2023.08.02 17:57 scissorrockets [WTS] Ultem Driver and Dice, Patches, CRK Inkosi Insingo Magnacut, OEGEDC Pry, Greedy EDC Beads, & MORE!!!

Hey all, I've got a bunch of stuff for sale today. I'm happy to provide more pictures, videos, and/or details if you'd like. Feel free to send offers. All prices include shipping to the US of A.
https://imgur.com/xC6ddqL

  1. Ultem Driver and bits. New condition. I'll also include a pair of ultem dice.
Grade = A
SV = 90
https://imgur.com/z6KyiCL
2) OEGEDC Good Luck Pry Lite. Opened, but no signs of use.
Grade = A
SV = 75
https://imgur.com/a/jdsLS4G
3) Three new Greedy EDC Beads -> Natural Linen Modern Micarta Crosscut, Westinghouse Butterscotch Canvas, and Westinghouse Butterscotch Micarta Mini
Grade = A
SV = 160
https://imgur.com/JVrFco4
4) Three Charm City Kreationz Patches.
Grade = A
SV = 60
https://imgur.com/5SWHqyy
5) Ren and Stimpy Ranger Eyes
Grade = A
SV = 25
https://imgur.com/c0bBi2Q
6) Workshop 432 Bruce Willis Patch
Grade = A
SV = 30
https://imgur.com/642XbzE
7) Dark Matter Theory Kang Patch
Grade = A
SV = 40
https://imgur.com/1e14Lei
8) Workshop 432 / Digital Decay Evil Pack 3 Patches
Grade = A
SV = 100
https://imgur.com/C9Km9Co
9) Random Nine Patch Lot
Grade = B
SV = 60
https://imgur.com/ZQrrgKD
10) CRK Large Inkosi Insingo in Magnacut. LNIB.
Grade = A
SV = 585
https://imgur.com/1wAs7lt


Thanks for looking!!!
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2023.07.22 20:47 catawampus_doohickey Seeking assistance in determining appropriate speaker driver hookups for 1958 Westinghouse HR112 radio + record player (details, schematic, and photo within post)

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2023.07.21 18:46 catawampus_doohickey Seeking assistance in determining appropriate speaker driver hookups for 1958 Westinghouse HR112 radio + record player (details, schematic, and photo within post)

I fixed up the amp and it works great; however, as designed, using the 16Ω connector (looks like that was the factory selection) the 8" driver (marked 570V048H-01) sounds good while the 4" set (marked 570V049H-01) barely makes a sound. If I disconnect the 8" then the 4" set sounds good on their own. I don't know the speaker impedances but the 8" voice coil measures 12Ω and the 4" each measures 3.5Ω.
I'm thinking that I could instead use the 8Ω output and run the three speakers all in parallel and put a 10uF bipolar cap after the 8" and before the 4"?
Thoughts?
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2023.06.08 12:52 Chico237 #NIOCORP~ SCANDIUM OXIDE, GREEN HYDROGEN & BLOOM ENERGY in the news! & more....

#NIOCORP~ SCANDIUM OXIDE, GREEN HYDROGEN & BLOOM ENERGY in the news! & more....

June 7, 2023~Bloom Energy, Perenco to Deploy Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in the United Kingdom~

Bloom Energy, Perenco to Deploy Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in the United Kingdom Business Wire
The Bloom Energy Server® platform, to be delivered in late 2023, will be installed at Wytch Farm in Dorset, England, the largest onshore oil field in western Europe, where it will be used to support Perenco’s baseload requirements. (Photo: Business Wire)
SAN JOSE, Calif. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) has signed an agreement with Perenco to install 2.5 megawatts (MW) of Bloom’s solid oxide fuel cells at a site in England. Perenco is a leading independent hydrocarbon company, producing 500,000 BOE of oil and gas per day from its operations in 14 partner countries.
The Bloom Energy Server® platform, to be delivered in late 2023, will be installed at Wytch Farm in Dorset, England, the largest onshore oil field in western Europe, where it will be used to support Perenco’s baseload requirements. The agreement marks the first deployment of Bloom fuel cell technology in the United Kingdom.
“This is an important step that will demonstrate how our solid oxide fuel cell technology supports the resilience and sustainability goals of our energy-intensive clients,” said Tim Schweikert, Senior Managing Director of International Business Development at Bloom Energy.
“Perenco has always been a pioneer in innovation and long-term investment in the countries where we operate,” said Benoit de la Fouchardiere, Perenco CEO. “Today’s announcement is another important step as we continue to reduce our emissions wherever we work. We look forward to a successful initial deployment at Wytch Farm and to then expanding the use of the technology into other global operations sites.”
The agreement with Perenco is another major step in Bloom’s expansion in Europe, following the recent sales agreement for northern Europe with Elugie, a marketing partnership agreement with Telam for Spain and Portugal, and energy platform sales to Cefla and Ferrari in Italy announced in 2022.
For more information about the Bloom Energy Server, see https://www.bloomenergy.com/technology/.

JUNE 6, 2023 ~Westinghouse and Bloom Energy Sign Letter of Intent to Accelerate Zero-Carbon, Large-Scale Hydrogen Production in the Nuclear Industry~

Bloom Energy - Bloom Energy Demonstrates Hydrogen Production with the World’s Largest and Most Efficient Solid Oxide Electrolyzer
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. & SAN JOSE, Calif. – June 6, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company and Bloom Energy Corporation (NYSE:BE) today announced that they have entered into a Letter of Intent to pursue clean hydrogen production in the commercial nuclear power market. The companies are teaming to identify and implement clean hydrogen projects across the nuclear industry.
Westinghouse and Bloom Energy will jointly develop an optimized and large-scale high temperature integrated electrolysis solution for the nuclear industry. With the ability to operate 24/7 and provide high-quality steam input, nuclear plants are well-positioned to utilize electrolyzer technology and produce substantial quantities of clean hydrogen with minimal disruption to current, ongoing operations.
“Through this collaboration, we are committed to delivering an economical solution for large-scale hydrogen production in the nuclear industry, which further supports the path to net zero carbon emissions,” said Pam Cowan, Westinghouse President of Americas Operating Plant Services.
“We are proud Westinghouse has turned to Bloom and our solid oxide technology to supercharge the clean hydrogen economy,” said Rick Beuttel, vice president, hydrogen business, Bloom Energy. “Solid oxide technology is well suited for nuclear applications, efficiently harnessing steam to further improve the economics of hydrogen production. High temperature electrolysis is already garnering attention and accolades as a cost-effective and viable solution to create low-cost, clean hydrogen, which is critical to meeting aggressive decarbonization goals.”
Global demand for hydrogen and its emerging applications is projected to increase tenfold or more by 2050, surpassing the current infrastructure for producing and delivering hydrogen. As hydrogen usage expands from traditional industrial uses to the fuel of a clean future, the need to produce it in larger quantities and from low- and zero-carbon sources is clear.
The hydrogen produced in nuclear plants can be utilized to serve many industries such as renewable fuels production, oil and metals refining, ammonia synthesis, mining operations, and mobility in sectors such as heavy trucks, buses, and even air travel. The companies also are well positioned to support the U.S. Department of Energy’s developing hydrogen hubs.
About WestinghouseWestinghouse Electric Company is shaping the future of carbon-free energy by providing safe, innovative nuclear technologies to utilities globally. Westinghouse supplied the world’s first commercial pressurized water reactor in 1957 and the company’s technology is the basis for nearly one-half of the world’s operating nuclear plants. Over 135 years of innovation makes Westinghouse the preferred partner for advanced technologies covering the complete nuclear energy life cycle. For more information, visit www.westinghousenuclear.com and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
About Bloom EnergyBloom Energy empowers businesses and communities to responsibly take charge of their energy. The company’s leading solid oxide platform for distributed generation of electricity and hydrogen is changing the future of energy. Fortune 100 companies around the world turn to Bloom Energy as a trusted partner to deliver lower carbon energy today and a net-zero future. For more information, visit www.bloomenergy.com.

MAY 7, 2023~World’s largest solid oxide electrolyzer begins producing hydrogen~

World’s largest solid oxide electrolyzer begins producing hydrogen (hydrogentechworld.com)

Bloom Energy has begun generating hydrogen from the world’s largest solid oxide electrolyzer installation at NASA’s Ames Research Center. This high-temperature unit produces 20–25% more hydrogen per MW than commercially demonstrated lower-temperature electrolyzers such as PEM or alkaline

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This electrolyzer demonstration showcases the maturity, efficiency and commercial readiness of Bloom’s solid oxide technology for large-scale, clean hydrogen production. The 4 MW Bloom Electrolyzer™, delivering the equivalent of over 2.4 tonnes per day of hydrogen output, was built, installed and operationalized in a span of two months to demonstrate the speed and ease of deployment.
“This demonstration is a major milestone for reaching net-zero goals,” said KR Sridhar, Ph.D., Founder, Chairman and CEO of Bloom Energy. “Hydrogen will be essential for storing intermittent and curtailed energy and for decarbonizing industrial energy use. Commercially viable electrolyzers are the key to unlocking the energy storage puzzle, and solid oxide electrolyzers offer inherently superior technology and economic advantages. Bloom Energy, as the global leader in solid oxide technology, is proud to share this exciting demonstration with the world: our product is ready for prime time.”
The current demonstration expands on Bloom’s recent project on a 100 kW system located at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL), which achieved record-breaking electrolyzer efficiency. In the ongoing project, 4,500 hours of full load operations have been completed with a Bloom Electrolyzer™, producing hydrogen more efficiently than any other process – over 25% more efficiently than low-temperature electrolysis.
The INL steam and load simulations replicated nuclear power conditions to validate full capability of technology application at nuclear facilities, and the pilot results revealed the Bloom Electrolyzer producing hydrogen at 37.7 kWh per kg of hydrogen. Dynamic testing conducted at INL included ramping down the system from 100 percent of rated power to 5 percent in less than 10 minutes without adverse system impacts. Even at 5 percent of rated load, the energy efficiency (kWh/kg) was as good or better than other electrolyzer technologies at their 100% rated capacity. These results will be presented at the Department of Energy’s Annual Review Meeting in Washington DC on 7 June 2023.
Dr. Ravi Prasher, CTO of Bloom Energy, said: “The amount of electricity needed by the electrolyzer to make hydrogen will be the most dominant factor in determining hydrogen production cost. For this reason, the efficiency of the electrolyzer, the electricity needed to produce a kilogram of hydrogen becomes the most critical figure of merit. This 4 MW demonstration at the NASA Ames Research Center proves that the energy efficiency of our large-scale electrolyzer is similar to the small-scale system tested at INL highlighting the strength of our modular architecture. The electrolyzer product is leveraging the Bloom platform knowhow of more than 1 GW of solid oxide fuel cells deployed in the field and providing approximately 1 trillion cumulative cell operating hours. The same technology platform that can convert natural gas and hydrogen to electricity can be used reversibly to convert electricity to hydrogen. With Bloom’s high-efficiency, high-temperature solid oxide electrolyzers, we are one step closer to a decarbonized future powered by low-cost clean hydrogen.”

April 5, 2022 ~Scandium emerges from the shadows~

Scandium emerges from the shadows - MMTA


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Scandium has long been considered an “if” metal. If only it were available in quantity, it could transform aircraft production and fuel consumption. If only it were available in quantity, it could speed the emerging hydrogen economy. If only it were available in quantity, it could accelerate the rollout of 5G technologies. And so on.

The view has been that scandium could be used in numerous large-volume applications, if only supplies were sufficient to meet the potential demand. Manufacturers regularly cited a lack of sufficient scandium supply as the reason why they did not roll out new uses and products containing scandium.
After a near-mythic role in the 1980s (as a strengthening agent in aluminium alloys deployed in the last generation of Soviet MiG fighter aircraft and even, reputedly, in ballistic missile nosecones), scandium entered the banal in the 1990s, in sporting goods and, bizarrely, hand guns.

Bloom Energy turned the tide starting around 2010, with its introduction of fuel cells based on scandium-stabilised zirconia ceramic electrolytes. Bloom has grown rapidly and now represents perhaps 80% of the world’s annual consumption of SCANDIUM, a paltry 25t or so of oxide in 2021.

And yet, despite these rickety foundations, SCANDIUM consumption is poised to grow dramatically in the next decade, buoyed by new sources of supply and sustained by demand-side innovation.

The supply side

Let’s start with supply. Until about 2018, most scandium was supplied as a by-product in China and Russia, from uranium and titanium processing. Since then, however, much has changed.
First, Sumitomo Metal Mining built and has now commissioned a scandium recovery circuit at its Tagano Bay nickel high pressure acid leach (HPAL) plant in the Philippines. This plant recovers scandium oxalate for processing into oxide (and probably into scandium-zirconium oxide particles destined for Bloom Energy) in Japan. The plant recovers 7-8tpy of scandium oxide and when commissioned increased global supply by around 40%. Capital costs were perhaps US$5M/t of scandium oxide.
Second, the Chinese integrated titanium producer Lomon Billions has established a 20-30tpy scandium oxide facility with the potential to increase to 50tpy. The company estimates up to 100tpy of scandium oxide are available in its titanium plants using the sulphate process.
Third, in 2021, Rio Tinto commenced scandium recovery from its Sorel Tracy plant in Québec, Canada. The pilot plant can supply 3tpy of scandium oxide and cost US$6M. The site has the ability to supply an estimated 50-60tpy of oxide based on current raw material feed.
Finally, UC Rusal has both commissioned a 3tpy pilot scandium oxide plant, recovering scandium oxide from red mud deposits, and also commenced marketing and selling a range of scandium alloys (branded “ScAlution” alloys) that boast enhanced performance at low (typically 0.1%) concentrations of scandium.
Plus, it is not only Rusal that has pioneered low-scandium alloys. In the USA, Eck Industries, a specialist aluminium casting house, is commercialising cerium-based alloys in which scandium, again at low loadings, could provide additional strength as well as much reduced post-cast processing requirements.
Looking further out, there are numerous scandium projects in development, many of which should come into production around the middle of the decade, thanks to two parallel forces.
The main driver for scandium, as for so many minor metals, is vehicle electrification. There are multiple operating and development projects utilising HPAL technology to recover and separate nickel and cobalt in laterite deposits, many of which can in principle recover scandium. While the moral of Tagano Bay is that for existing plants retrofitting can be costly and low yield, there are emerging projects in Australia that are designing scandium recovery into their circuits alongside nickel and cobalt. The potential output of scandium can range from 50-100tpy or more, depending on the project.
The second driver is the heightened concerns over supply chain security for critical metals. In the EU this has led to the “ScaVanger” programme to recover scandium from titanium waste streams. In the USA, red mud scandium recovery as well as by-product scandium stand to benefit.

The demand side

The demand side is a little more complicated but nonetheless extremely positive. Bloom’s power generation business continues to grow and has surely been reinforced by severe power disruptions in the past three years in California and Texas. Moreover, Bloom has now received initial approvals for maritime power generation (IMO regulations are forcing seagoing vessels to reduce dramatically their sulphur emissions, and Bloom can facilitate this change), and Bloom is also developing its technology to run in reverse, so to speak, as a generator of hydrogen. Critically, Bloom in the past five years has managed to bring its system costs and performance under control, removing any technology-related going-concern issues.
Scandium is also a strong candidate for RF antennas able to support 5G frequencies. A typical high-end cell phone may require 100 RF filters, and in the 5G frequency range, scandium aluminium nitride is being used as the active material in these filters (called “bulk acoustic wave,” or “BAW” filters).
Aerospace is a third area of application, and while commercial aviation likely remains years away from broad use of scandium alloys, near-term use in space and autonomous aircraft is an avenue for strong potential growth of scandium alloys. The cost to place 1kg in orbit has dropped dramatically but is still of the order of US$1,000/kg, so any system weight reductions can be extremely valuable.
Electric vehicles (EVs) also offer the potential for large volumes of scandium demand. Weight reduction is the obvious reason. Lux Research has estimated a 1kg weight saving in an EV will be worth US$5 in 2030. But a second consideration is overall product cost. Scandium can reduce or potentially even eliminate the need for post-casting heat treatments, which can in some instances double the cost of an as-cast part. Thus the savings from the use of scandium alloys, especially at low scandium loadings, can be large.
In addition, as EVs shift to heat pumps in their HVAC systems, scandium can support the implementation of aluminium radiators without adding substantial system volume (as discussed by CM Group in its 2018 scandium report).
Naturally, there are other opportunities for scandium. Achieving a robust aluminium alloy able to perform at 300°C could displace large amounts of titanium, and Eck’s alloys are closing in on this goal. Maritime applications, especially in the military arena but also in autonomous vessels and ferries, could embrace scandium thanks to its greatly enhanced anti-corrosion impact in aluminium. Passenger jets are also a market that is likely to happen at some point.

Most important, perhaps, is the fact that well financed firms have entered the market and are able to supply up to about 100tpy each. Supply at this level is all-but-certain to create demand, and in turn this should stimulate new supply. Scandium’s chicken-and-egg problem, in which lack of supply held back demand that in turn held back supply, has been reversed, with growing (and reliable) supply poised to stimulate actual demand, that in turn will pull through new supply, and transform scandium from “if” to “when”.

JANUARY 2023 National Defense Act Calls out NIOBIUM & TITANIUM & SCANDIUM & the need to establish a U.S. Industrial Base for the Supply & Processing of ALL!

https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20220711/CRPT-117hrpt397.pd

SCANDIUM PAGE # 246 Briefing on the Establishment of Domestic Scandium Processing Facilities in the United States

The committee believes the United States industrial base for the supply and processing of the critical mineral scandium has significant vulnerabilities. The committee also believes that the United States should seek to eliminate dependence on Chinese and Russian sources of scandium, with support from allies and partners. Accordingly, public and private sectors should cooperate closely to establish scandium processing facilities in the United States. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than May 1, 2023, on public and private sector activities, working with allied nations, to establish scandium processing facilities in the United States, especially facilities based on more efficient, cleaner, and less energy intensive technologies. This briefing will also include how these processing facilities will help the United States reduce dependence on and compete more effectively with China and Russia.

MAY 2023 ~Exploring global supply and demand of scandium oxide in 2030 ~ (NIOCORP is Mentioned!)

Exploring global supply and demand of scandium oxide in 2030 - ScienceDirect


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Incorporation of scandium in materials has environmental benefits across multiple industrial sectors, particularly in decarbonization of energy. One pathway to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions is to generate electricity using hydrogen or synthetic liquid fuels, which are more efficient than combustion engines and easily used in co-generation of electricity and heat (IEA, 2019). The functional technology is a fuel cell. A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) produces electricity by oxidizing an energy carrier. The standard SOFCs produced by Bloom Energy are refrigerator-sized and input liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons (methane or biogas) to produce 100 kW of power. These cells process natural gas, biogas, or hydrogen to generate electricity with higher efficiency; up to two times higher compared to a gas-fired power station with efficiency of only 33–48% (Deepika et al., 2018). They are typically used to produce electricity and heat on-site for large buildings (Bloom Energy, 2021a). Currently, SOFC producers (e.g., Bloom Energy) utilize yttrium-stabilized zirconia and a scandia-stabilized zirconia in electrolytes; however, there are benefits of utilizing scandium over yttrium. Use of scandia-stabilized zirconia increases electro-conductivity and decreases operation temperature, resulting in higher efficiency and reliability (Deepika et al., 2018; Laguna-Bercero et al., 2009). Spurred by carbon reduction and global renewable energy initiatives, Bloom Energy is expanding its partnership worldwide (Bloom Energy, 2020, 2021b), resulting in increased demand in the SOFC market and scandium oxide required to produce SOFC boxes (Weinstein et al., 2018).
Scandium also has potential for light-weighting (alloys), which is important for improving fuel economy as it requires less energy to transport lighter materials. Currently, transportation contributes 27% to total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and 14% globally (EPA, 2022; IEA, 2022b). The Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards require vehicle manufacturers to continuously increase fuel efficiency (NHTSA, 2022). One approach is through light-weighting by replacing conventional aluminum alloy parts in vehicles with scandium alloys, potentially reducing 10% of vehicle mass and thus 6–8% of emissions (Joost, 2012). Given that the United States passenger vehicle emissions were 3.2 gigatonnes in 2020, this would translate to 0.2–0.3 gigatonnes of reduction (IEA, 2022a). In the United States, the Build Back Better agenda mandates 50% of new vehicles in 2030 must be EVs (The White House, 2021). To push emission reductions further than electric vehicle adoption, light-weighting should be considered. If legislation mandated regulation like Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for EVs, there will be further reductions in energy demand. Lighter scandium alloys serve to reduce energy demand from transportation, which directly aids to mitigate climate change induced by automobiles.
Another example of light-weighting is for commercial airplanes. The bionic partition structure is a wall partition between crew members and passengers, which also serves as an emergency stretcher and foldable seating for crew members (Airbus, 2016). Current commercial airplane's partition structures are bulky and heavy, weighing approximately 63 kg (Lau, 2016). Airbus and AutoDesk collaborated and successfully produced a 30 kg bionic partition structure using Scalmalloy®, a proprietary aluminum-magnesium-scandium alloy (APWORKS GmbH, 2015; Rhodes, 2015). Replacement of 4 conventional partition structures per A320 plane in commercial aircraft with Scalmalloy® structures could save up to 465,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year (Airbus, 2016).
Despite scandium's potential role in meeting future sustainability goals, historically and currently, scandium is under-utilized because of its low supply and high cost due to its nature as a by-product. Prices of scandium oxide ranged from $3,800–5,000 per kg from 2013 to 2020 (Gambogi, 2017, 2020, 2021), placing scandium among the most expensive elements in production. High prices and low supply are due in part to its production as a co-product - production is dependent on the demand of other primary metals it is mined with. For example, when there is an increase in scandium demand and price, supply does not respond instantaneously because producers need to increase production of the primary products. This leads to price volatility. Scandium oxide is produced as a co-product due to its sparse concentration in ore, which makes it uneconomical to mine alone. It has been extracted as a co-product with iron ore, other rare earths, titanium, and zirconium in China; uranium in Kazakhstan and Ukraine; apatite (phosphorus) and uranium in Russia; and nickel in the Philippines (Gambogi, 2021). The global production of scandium oxide was 14–23 tonnes (15–25 tons) per year in 2020 (Gambogi, 2021), which was small in comparison to 220,000 tonnes (240,000 tons) of global rare earths oxide per year (Cordier, 2022) and 68 million tonnes (75 million tons) of aluminum per year (Lee Bray, 2022).
Scandium appears to continue as a co-product in the future, for the most part. Mining companies expect scandium to be a minor co-product from mining other metals such as nickel, cobalt, titanium, niobium, etc. (Clean TeQ Holdings Limited, 2018; NioCorp Superalloy Materials, 2019; Platina Resource Limited, 2021; Wang et al., 2020). There is one exception in New South Wales, Australia by Scandium International Mining Corporation, whose primary product is scandium oxide (Scandium International Mining Corp, 2020). For consumption, SOFCs by Bloom Energy are the main scandium oxide consumer with 74% of total global consumption (CM Group, 2018). A typical Bloom Energy server box of 100 MW contains 13–15 kg of scandium oxide and costs $700,000–800,000 in 2010 (Ecclestone, 2020; Jenkins, 2010). Before subsidies, Bloom Energy servers cost approximately $0.14 per kilowatt-hour of electricity compared to $0.10 per kilowatt-hour of retail power price on the U.S. national grid (Helman, 2020). Although sufficient and reliable supply play an important role in other sectors (e.g., SOFCs, commercial aerospace), price is crucial in adoption in other sectors (e.g., sporting goods, beverage cans). Abstract continues....

NIOCORP MANAGEMENT ON Jan. 31st, 2023, ~What were they doing in D.C. for 4-Days?~ "Working with White House officials on critical minerals issues. This Administration is working hard to help support environmentally responsible critical minerals projects like NioCorp’s Elk Creek Project in the great State of Nebraska. "~
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MAY 25th 2023 ~NioCorp Demonstrates Higher Niobium Recovery Rates New Processing Approach Demonstrates the Ability to Make More Niobium per Tonne of Ore, Produce a Higher Purity Product, and Potentially Address New Markets with Different Niobium Products

https://www.niocorp.com/niocorp-demonstrates-higher-niobium-recovery-rates/
Potential New Forms of Niobium Products and Potential Markets
NioCorp’s new process approach, which incorporates a chlorination step to improve niobium and titanium separation and purification, also has demonstrated NioCorp’s ability to potentially produce three different niobium products: (1) ferroniobium; (2) niobium chloride; and (3) niobium oxide.NioCorp had previously planned to make ferroniobium, which is used by the steel industry to produce high-strength low-alloy steel alloys. Those alloys are used in the construction, automotive and transport, aerospace and defense, oil and gas, and other industries. Niobium is a $3.3 billion per year global market but is currently served by only three major niobium producers in two countries.Niobium chloride would likely be converted by NioCorp into niobium oxide, but niobium chloride is also used in glass and ceramic manufacturing.Niobium oxide is critical to multiple applications, including niobium-lithium-ion batteries, superalloys, superconducting applications, capacitors, specialized optics, and many others. Its use in niobium-lithium-ion batteries is considered by current niobium producers as one of the fastest growing prospective global niobium markets

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MAY 26th 2023~NioCorp Demonstrates the Ability to Potentially Double Projected Titanium Recovery Rates for the Elk Creek Project

https://www.niocorp.com/niocorp-demonstrates-the-ability-to-potentially-double-projected-titanium-recovery-rates-for-the-elk-creek-project/

Demonstration Plant Shows New Recovery Process May Double NioCorp’s Titanium Production per Tonne of Ore as well as Produce a Higher Purity Product that May Command Higher Market Prices
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (May 26, 2023) – NioCorp Developments Ltd. (“NioCorp” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:NB) (TSX:NB) is pleased to announce that it has successfully demonstrated an ability to potentially double the recovery of titanium from each tonne of ore the Company expects to mine at its Nebraska-based Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project (the “Project”), once project financing is obtained and the commercial plant is constructed. The new process is expected to produce a purer form of titanium that may command a higher price than is assumed in NioCorp’s June 2022 feasibility study for the Project (the “Feasibility Study”). NioCorp’s demonstration plant in Trois Rivieres, Quebec, has shown that the Company’s new and improved recovery process can likely achieve an 83.7% rate of overall titanium recovery to final product. This compares to a 40.3% titanium recovery rate in NioCorp’s previous process approach. This new result points to a potentially large increase in the amount of titanium that NioCorp can potentially produce at currently planned rates of mining

MAY 29th 2023~NioCorp Launches Phased Approach to Commercial Production of Made-in-America Aluminum-Scandium Master Alloy

https://www.niocorp.com/niocorp-launches-phased-approach-to-commercial-production-of-made-in-america-aluminum-scandium-master-alloy/


AMES LAB COLLABORATION IN 2019!
NioCorp Partnering with Nanoscale Powders LLC to Explore the Possibility of Establishing the First US-Based Mine-to-Master-Alloy Vertically Integrated Production of the High-Performance MaterialNioCorp’s Potential Commercial Production of Al-Sc Master Alloy Could Launch Prior to the Company’s Planned Production of >100 Tonnes/Year of Scandium Oxide at its Proposed Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project in Nebraska and Would Use Scandium Produced at the Elk Creek Facility as well as From Other SourcesChina Now Dominates the Scandium World, but North America is Now Positioned to Emerge as a “Leading Scandium Producer,” says NioCorp CEO

MAY 29th 2023~ Jim/NIOCORP respond to question on recent Scandium News Release above:What comes to mind right off the bat is:

*A)"How is this Scandium AlSc master Alloy different than what Niocorp produced with IBC & AMES laboratory???"*Response:

"It is a different process that will be utilized. "

*B) Will this be a Patentable approach now moving forward? in conjunction with Nanoscale???*Response:

" Yes and yes. But we do not discuss the details of intellectual property matters except as required by law"

(\****This is very interesting indeed because a few years back Niocorp was not interested in patenting any such materials!)*
*C) IS NIOCORP still engaged with IBC, AMES & OTHER ENTITIES in regards to Scandium Alloy production & uses moving forward? and with the New Niobium & Titanium oxides as well!!!!
*Response:

"We are focusing on our partnership with Nanoscale on the production of AlSc master alloy, but we engaged with a number of parties on various elements of our scandium-aluminum master alloy business development. We are not working with IBC on niobium or titanium product development efforts."

(****SOUNDS LIKE OTHER COLLABORATIONS ARE ONGOING WITH POSSIBLE PRIVATE & GOVERNMENT ENTITIES?? OFF-TAKE AGREEMENTS & SO MUCH MORE! COULD BE IN PLAY AS THE MINE IS BUILT & NEARS PRODUCTION!!!!!!)

"ENGAGED WITH A NUMBER OF VARIOUS PARTIES!!!!"

FORM YOUR OWN OPINIONS & CONCLUSIONS ABOVE!

(Please Scroll down to see earlier Reddit POST ON GREEN HYDROGEN!)

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2023.04.09 14:59 techfighterchannel [WTS] Maverick Customs Small Evo Harpoon, Esee 4 + Izula, Reaver Arms Citadel Torch, and a Koenig Pelican 1170 Case **PRICE DROPS!**

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MAVERICK CUSTOMS SMALL EVO HARPOON - The best value you can find in a true custom knife. 4" Westinghouse CC Micarta scales, MokuTi stud, and a 3" Nichols Carbon Boomerang blade for a total 7" OAL. Custom made 09-15-2022 so it's only a few months old. Have carried but not cut and previous owner didn't either so it's in like new condition. SV$335SOLD
ESEE 4 AND FULL KIT IZULA LNIB - A pair of Esee fixies for a fixed price. One Benjamin takes both. The Izula is brand new in box with sheath and box and everything included. Never cut or carried. The 4 is well used, recently sharpened, with a custom kydex sheath and clip but no box. SV$95SOLD
REAVER ARMS CITADEL TORCH - Gucci level custom flashlight, the Reaver Arms Citadel is a freaking amazingly machined torch. Built like a tank with a fit and finish that is second to none. Ti/Dragón Drive351s 5000k LED with a build date of 07/26/2022 so also fairly new. Includes original COA, card and sticker. SV$460SOLD
KOENIG PELICAN 1170 CASE- 8 slot case purchased from Koenig. I don't have anymore Koenig's so this case has got to go. I removed the annoying red tag on it but other than that it is like new. Retail is $140 but you can have this one for SV$75SOLD
I accept Zelle, CashApp or Venmo F and F. I will ship out on Monday anything that sells by then.
Thanks for looking!
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2023.04.09 02:08 techfighterchannel [WTS] Maverick Customs Small Evo Harpoon, Esee 4 + Izula, Reaver Arms Citadel Torch, and a Koenig Pelican 1170 Case

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MAVERICK CUSTOMS SMALL EVO HARPOON - The best value you can find in a true custom knife. Westinghouse CC Micarta scales, MokuTi stud, and Nichols Carbon Boomerang blade. Custom made 09-15-2022 so it's only a few months old. Have carried but not cut and previous owner didn't either so it's in like new condition. SV$335
ESEE 4 AND FULL KIT IZULA LNIB - A pair of Esee fixies for a fixed price. One Benjamin takes both. The Izula is brand new in box with sheath and box and everything included. Never cut or carried. The 4 is well used, recently sharpened, with a custom kydex sheath and clip but no box. SV$95SOLD
REAVER ARMS CITADEL TORCH - Gucci level flashlight, the Reaver Arms Citadel is a freaking amazingly machined torch. Built like a tank with a fit and finish that is second to none. Ti/Dragón Drive351s 5000k LED with a build date of 07/26/2022 so also fairly new. Includes original COA, card and sticker. SV$460SOLD
KOENIG PELICAN 1170 CASE- 8 slot case purchased from Koenig. I don't have anymore Koenig's so this case has got to go. I removed the annoying red tag on it but other than that it is like new. Retail is $140 but you can have this one for SV$75SOLD
I accept Zelle, CashApp or Venmo F and F. I will ship out on Monday anything that sells by then.
Thanks for looking!
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2023.04.04 07:10 iHateSAMSUNGmore Samsung Neo G8 - Black Screen, Signal Intermittent, No Menu

The second day of using this monitor, it gives up on life. All I did was try to alt-tab out of a game, "Squad", because the server crashed and the game was behaving like it was going to freeze after the crash. It didn't, ironically, but it took over a minute for it to unfreeze. In the mean time I alt-tabbed and that didn't work or do anything, the Neo G8 just sat at the frozen screen it seemed like, so I alt+ctrl+del and the monitor screen immediately went black. I had it set as my main monitor (bottom), and it gave up on life after that. My top monitor, a Westinghouse, was still working and displaying the desktop and browser I already had up when it happened. I could use the top monitor still, preview open windows from the taskbar like the game, everything was working so far I could tell from the PC side. My video card is an Asus Strix 4090.

I turned off the computer from the power button and restarted it. My Neo monitor was still a black screen. I tried the menu button at the bottom of the monitor panel and nothing would pop up on screen. Nothing was working, but the lights at the back and bottom of the panel were lit up so I knew it was powered. As my PC booted up, that's when the current problem started with the Neo G8 back light turning on and off every 10 seconds, and my top Westinghouse monitor along with it where it would come on and then 10 seconds later go off for 5 seconds or so before coming back on repeatedly.

I have followed all the support instructions on the samsung website for issues with this monitor and I'm stuck. I uninstalled the monitor drive from device manager in normal and safe mode, and reconnected it with the DP cable and used different ports. I have uninstalled it and then reinstalled it while connected from a downloaded file of the monitor driver from Samsung's website for the Neo G8. I have uninstalled it, reconnected the monitor, then installed it from the file as well. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the Nvidia game driver from device manager in normal and safe mode. I have done everything in the Samsung instructions and everything I can think of.

I've connected the monitor to my Macbook as well and it was the same issue with the black screen, and the light at back of monitor turning on and off every 10 seconds. Also, when I pulled up the Macbook display window for settings, the Neo monitor was disappearing and reappearing at the Macbook display window every 10 seconds like it's just endlessly disconnecting and reconnecting. And yes, I've tried turning the monitor off and on again. Is there any way to fix this, or a way to reset the monitor completely without accessing the monitor menu?
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2023.02.05 05:07 Zarthon7 Monitor issue

So recently on my windows 10 pc, I installed a few of the updates that it recommended to me. Ever since, whenever I boot up my pc, both of the monitors I have plugged into my PC won’t activate. (HP 2082a and a Westinghouse 22w3). They only way I’ve been able to circumvent this is by completely shutting down the PC and draining the battery, before turning it back on with only one monitor plugged in. This will sometimes work, but most of the time it doesn’t.
Does anyone know what the issue here could be? My gpu has the latest drivers installed and so do the monitors, according to my PC.
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2023.02.01 03:36 Willguy24 Windows Installer will not run

I’m using a Sandisk flash drive that I have ran the windows creation tool on and I am trying to get windows to install. After I get to the screen where the windows installer would normally run it backs out to the bios menu and boot loops.
I have UEFI enabled, and I have tried with Fast boot enabled and disabled. I have tried with my flash drive booting first and my SSD where I want windows installed first boot first.
I have attached my current bios settings, what am I doing wrong?
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2023.01.21 23:38 Balzafun Westinghouse

Westinghouse
My daily driver is a Westinghouse. I am curious I don't hear more about them here. (Or I've just missed it) I have tons of vintage and Lodge etc. But this has always been the first one I reach for.
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2023.01.07 20:26 Kingsmeg Discussion of the status of Ukraine's nuclear power/weapons industry and intentions from RT

Full text below. Link (archived) is here
They hint at the greatest danger, the propaganda emanating from NATO, USA in particular, claiming Russia will use a tactical nuke in Ukraine. Obviously no, but USA tends to telegraph their intentions through projection, or as Barnes/Mercouris call it, 'confession through projection'. When you're plotting giving Ukraine a nuke to use on the Russians, you accuse Russia of being about to use a nuke against Ukraine, because you have to blame the other side for the nasty shit you're plotting yourself. Like the kid who stoke a cookie from the jar accusing his mother of stealing a cookie. It doesn't make any sense, but it helps mom figure out who's been stealing the cookies.
Nuclear Ukraine? Amid 'concerns' over alleged Russian threat, the world overlooks the real danger
Kiev is capable of building an atomic device, and its leaders often outline such thoughts
Last year, Western media and high-ranking politicians actively discussed the possibility of Russian troops using atomic weapons in Ukraine. There has even been speculation on the likelihood of a nuclear war breaking out. However, it could be said that the risk is probably a lot higher on the other side of the barricades.
Ukraine’s Atomic History
Ukraine was a nuclear state after the collapse of the USSR, when 1,700 active atomic warheads remained in the country. Its politicians of that time had the prudence to abandon this status. The weapons were taken to Russia under international control, and their means of delivery were destroyed. Ukraine’s missile silos, with the exception of one which is now a museum near Kiev, were blown up, while its strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons were either transferred to Russia or destroyed.
Despite this, there were still many nuclear specialists in Ukraine, as research into nuclear fission has been conducted in Kharkov since the 1930s. In addition, five nuclear power plants were built in Ukraine during the Soviet years: Zaporozhye, Rovno, Khmelnitsky, and South-Ukrainian, as well as the infamous Chernobyl, where an accident involving a power unit led to an explosion that spewed radioactive fallout throughout Europe.
In addition, uranium is extracted at a deposit in Ukraine’s Kirovograd Region and enriched at a plant in the city of Zheltye Vody. In the 2010s, there were plans with Russia’s Rosatom to build a plant in Ukraine that would produce fuel for nuclear power stations. However, these were abandoned after the Maidan coup in 2014, when the country adopted an adversarial stance towards Russia.
At present, three of Ukraine’s five original nuclear power plants remain under its control. Chernobyl, which continued to generate electricity even after the 1986 accident, was finally decommissioned in 2020, while Zaporozhye, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, has been guarded by Russian troops since last year. It is currently being run by Rosatom but does not produce electricity, largely for safety reasons. This is due to regular rocket and artillery attacks by Ukrainian troops, which have damaged numerous pieces of auxiliary equipment.
Push to Reobtain Nuclear Weapons
It should be noted that not everyone in Ukraine was happy that the country gave up its nuclear weapons. Ukrainian politicians have often failed to hide the fact that their dream of reobtaining nuclear weapons is not so much connected with their country’s security, as the desire to dictate their will to the rest of the world. Radical Ukrainian nationalists were particularly dissatisfied with the abandonment of the country’s nuclear status, and many of their manifestos contain a clause calling for it to be restored.
For example, “the return of nuclear weapons” is specifically cited as a goal in paragraph 2 of the Military Doctrine section in the program statement of the Patriot of Ukraine organization, while paragraph 7 of its Foreign Policy section reads: “The ultimate goal of Ukrainian foreign policy is world domination.” Patriot of Ukraine was created in 2014 by the notorious Andrey Biletsky, who formed it based on the ideology of the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and had dreamed of Ukraine possessing nuclear weapons as far back as 2007.
In 2009, the Ternopil Regional Council, which was then dominated by Oleg Tianibok’s neo-Nazi Svoboda Party (called the Social-National Party until 2004), demanded that Ukraine’s president, prime minister, and head of the Verkhovna Rada “terminate the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 and retore Ukraine’s nuclear status.”
Ukraine’s longing for an atomic bomb especially increased after February 2014. In an interview with USA Today in March of that year, Ukrainian MP Pavel Rizanenko called Ukraine’s accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons a “big mistake.” And that was not just the opinion of one MP. Just a few days later, representatives of the Batkivshchyna party, headed by ex-Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko, and UDAR, headed by Kiev’s current mayor, Vitaly Klitschko, including the secretary of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, Sergey Kaplin, submitted a bill on withdrawing from the non-proliferation treaty. Kaplin claimed that Ukraine could create nuclear weapons in just two years because it already had almost everything necessary: The fissile materials, equipment (except centrifuges), technology, specialists, and even means of delivery. In September of the same year, Ukraine’s minister of defense, Valery Geletey, also expressed the desire to develop nuclear weapons.
In December 2018, the former representative of the Ukrainian mission to NATO, Major General Pyotr Garashchuk, announced the real possibility of Ukraine creating its own nuclear weapons. In 2019, Aleksandr Turchinov, who usurped power in Ukraine in February of 2014, called Ukraine’s renunciation of nuclear weapons a “historic mistake.” Following him, in April 2021, the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andrey Melnik, stated that if the West did not help Ukraine in its confrontation with Russia, the country would launch a nuclear program and create an atomic bomb. And on February 19, 2022, before the start of Russia’s special military operation, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced at the Munich Security Conference that Ukraine has the right to abandon the Budapest Memorandum, which proclaimed the country’s nuclear-free status.
Perhaps the most striking statement by a Ukrainian politician was made by David Arakhamia, the head of the Ukrainian parliament’s ruling parliamentary faction, Servant of the People. “We could blackmail the whole world, and we would be given money to service (nuclear weapons), as is happening in many other countries now,” he said in mid-2021.
Range of Possibilities
Is Ukraine technically capable of creating an atomic bomb? Absolutely. Yes, enriching uranium-235 to the purity necessary to set off a chain reaction would cost a lot, primarily to create centrifuges for separating isotopes. However, though this may be the most effective way to separate isotopes, it’s not the only one. The first American bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were created without the use of this technology.
In addition, it should not be forgotten that there are not only uranium, but also plutonium bombs. Breeder reactors are used to synthesize this chemical element, most often using heavy-water reactor technology, and research reactors are capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium. There is presently a nuclear research installation at the Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, and a VVR-M reactor suitable for plutonium production at the Institute for Nuclear Research of Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in Kiev. Until March 2022, there was a US-built facility in Kharkov that could produce isotopes by irradiating the starting materials with a powerful neutron flux, which could also be used to develop fissile materials for a bomb.
In addition, Ukraine has the technical capability to create a nuclear weapon based on uranium-233, rather than uranium-235, which is usually used. A similar bomb was tested by the US in 1955 during Operation Teapot, and its power was comparable to that of the Fat Man bomb that destroyed the Japanese city of Nagasaki. To obtain uranium-233, it is enough to replace one of the fuel assemblies of a conventional nuclear power plant reactor with a thorium-232 cassette, a supply of which is located near Mariupol, a city that was fiercely defended by Ukrainian nationalists from the Azov regiment earlier this year.
There is another indirect sign that both uranium and plutonium versions of nuclear weapons have been secretly developed at the direction of the post-Maidan authorities. At the beginning of 2021, Ukraine completely banned the export of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) to Russia, as was required by an agreement on its supply by Rosatom. SNF, among other things, is a source of weapons-grade plutonium, which can be isolated from fuel cells that have been in a nuclear power plant reactor.
Ukraine inherited five nuclear power plants with 18 active reactors from the USSR. Three of them located at the Chernobyl NPP were decommissioned by 2000. Five of the six reactors at the Zaporozhye NPP, three of the four reactors at the Rovno NPP, one of the two reactors at the Khmelnitsky NPP, and all three reactors at the South Ukraine NPP have exceeded their original lifespans and received extensions of their operating lives for another 10 to 15 years. The license extensions have sometimes been granted with violations of existing regulations since, after 2015, Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate stopped cooperating with Russian vendors and has not overhauled reactor vessels, which become brittle after prolonged exposure to neutron radiation. Back in 2015, independent experts noted the critical condition of Reactor 1 of the South Ukraine NPP, which, nevertheless, has had its service life extended until 2025.
Ukraine’s Union of Veterans of Nuclear Energy and Industry sent a warning letter to the government in April 2020, arguing that the country’s nuclear energy sector was faced with a “threatening situation,” which, according to the authors of the letter, could well result in “a new Chernobyl.”
The lack of accountability, which led to the 1986 disaster, does not stop at neglecting the technical condition of the reactors that are not being properly monitored and maintained by their developers. During Viktor President Yushchenko’s administration, the decision was made to replace some of the standard fuel rods in Ukrainian reactors with unlicensed fuel assemblies supplied by Westinghouse Electric Company. In 2012, that experiment led to an emergency shutdown of Reactor 3 of the South Ukraine NPP, after Westinghouse fuel assemblies were damaged due to the specific design features of the American counterfeits.
That fuel assemblies fabricated by Westinghouse tend to malfunction in Soviet-designed reactors was not a revelation. They have repeatedly caused emergencies at NPPs in Finland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, but that did not deter the Ukrainian leadership. Not even losses of around $175 million caused by using non-standard assemblies persuaded Ukraine against conducting risky experiments with its nuclear assets.
The new ‘revolutionary’ government, which came to power in 2014, was quick to plunge into its own experiments with nuclear power together with Westinghouse, which was suffering from financial distress. For the company, which filed for bankruptcy in 2017, the Ukrainian market could have been a much-needed lifeline – however, it wasn’t to be, because it once again emerged that the counterfeit fuel assemblies were dangerous for VVER-type reactors. Emergencies at Ukrainian NPPs became a routine event, and yet Westinghouse assemblies accounted for 46% of all nuclear fuel used in Ukraine by the end of 2018.
These risky experiments went beyond using non-standard fuel assemblies. In the fall of 2014, Kiev sent direct orders to boost electricity production at the South Ukraine NPP by 5 to 7%. To achieve this, three VVER-1000 reactors were supposed to operate in “controlled runaway mode,” and a whole algorithm was developed by Ukrainian and British engineers. It was this type of experiment that resulted in the explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986. A potential disaster was only averted by an ‘Italian strike’ organized by the NPP personnel, who refused to fulfil outsiders’ orders. This might have been what former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen meant when he said: “We have, upon Ukrainian request, sent a small team of civilian experts to Ukraine to assist the Ukrainians in improving security of their civilian nuclear plants.”
‘Revolutionary expedience’ was used a pretext for a mass exodus of experienced nuclear engineers from Ukrainian NPPs. As Ukrainian MP Viktoria Voytsitska said in 2018, literally all categories of workers were thinking of leaving Ukrainian NPPs, from steam engine drivers and riggers to engineers who controlled reactors and other high-tech equipment.
After Russian forces assumed control of the Zaporozhye NPP, it became a target for incessant Ukrainian shelling, sometimes with the use of Western-made multiple launch rocket systems, heavy artillery, and attack drones. The plant sustained significant damage and was forced to stop generating electricity due to the destruction of auxiliary equipment and the threat to the reactors themselves. At the same time, an IAEA mission “was unable” to establish who was firing on the nuclear site, where Russian soldiers were present.
As the Western media was busy whipping up hysteria over the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons by Russia in Ukraine, it transpired that Ukraine was allegedly plotting a provocation of exactly that nature. According to Russian intelligence services, in October 2022, the Eastern Mining and Enrichment Combine in the town of Zheltye Vody and the Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research were in the final stages of developing a dirty bomb on the orders of the Ukrainian government. A missile plant in Dnepropetrovsk built a mock-up of the Russian Iskander missile, which was supposed to carry a radioactive charge and be “shot down” over the Chernobyl exclusion zone. The goal was to accuse Russia of using nuclear weapons and push NATO to retaliate in kind. In other words, to start a nuclear war in Europe.
All these facts mean that present-day Ukraine is arguably a real threat to nuclear security not just in Europe, but on a global scale. It has everything it would take, from irresponsible people in charge of safety and security at nuclear sites, to the technical capabilities.
By Olga Sukharevskaya, ex-Ukrainian diplomat
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