The New York Times reports on some of the complexities associated with closing the Indian Point nuclear power plants. But what is missing from the story? Patrick McGeehan’s Dirtier Air and Higher Costs May Follow Indian Point Closing: Shutting down the Indian Point nuclear power plant would lead to significantly dirtier air and higher electric [...]
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Tweet After Chernobyl, Hans Bethe, pictured at left, said “the Chernobyl disaster tells us about the deficiencies of the Soviet political and administrative system rather than about problems with nuclear power” (PBS). Dr. Bethe is right. Managing nuclear power and our energy infrastructure is not limited to physics and engineering. It also involves economics, human [...]
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From Matthew Wald’s piece in The New York Times [emphasis supplied]:Opponents of the Indian Point nuclear power plants, including New York State, got their day in court on Monday – sort of – to explain why they thought the two reactors should not be allowed to operate 20 more years. It signified the first time [...]
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The same messages can be communicated by signalling the letter "K" in Morse code via signal lamp. (While a proper signal lamp may be ideal, a flashlight, probably best employing red LEDs, will certainly fit the bill).
In Morse, the letter "K" is represent as Dash - Dot -- Dash.
The ICS also has a subset, the Medical Signal Code, which uses three-character phrases to communicate brief medical messages.