rocmusik

Nuclear Nightmare

2007-02-13T16:14:00.000-08:00

I ran a nuclear reactor for ages. I remembered always the date April first 1985. The power station was in Tricastin. I just began as a head operator on the second reactor. This plant had the power of one thousand and three hundred megawatts. I managed seven men and one woman and we had to start up the nuclear reactor and supervised its works.
It was the first time that I was in charge of starting up the reactor, alone. I was impatient.
My task was to bring the reactor from a cold condition to full power.
The launching of the reactor is made in five phases. At the beginning the vessel of the reactor was opened and filled with water, strongly concentrated in boric acid, which inhibits greatly nuclear reactions. All the control clusters were in the low position. Thus the fifty three clusters with their two thousand sixty four fuel rods controlled the functioning of the reactor just as the concentration of boric acid of the water in the vessel. Fuels had not yet been renewed. However the fission products contained in these rods continued to produce some heat in the vessel. That is why there are two systems named RRA and RRI which evacuate this excess heat.
I call upon my team and I asked them to begin the filling up of the boiler. They began to move about huge control boards which seemed to be palettes of buttons. The panels incandesced as fireworks of small yellow lights. It was magical and wonderful. These actions filled up the primary circuit. Actually, we had to mix some pure water with that already present in the reactor thus decreasing the concentration in boric acid and so increasing the chain reaction. Then everything was linked, we got back the circuit pressure up to thirty one bars. Then, we putted in operation a pump which decreased the pressure to three bars in a few seconds.
Now was the most delicate point of the operation. It was necessary to warm up quite slowly the boiler. This stage should be watched very attentively. Indeed, the reaction should not go critical. Therefore, we adjusted the clusters of control as we reduced little by little the concentration of boric acid in the water.
Even if, as usually no problem ever happened, I was afraid. My hands were clammy and I was anxious of an explosion. I tried to hide these fears to my team. I didn’t want to show them any panic. I knew that all this was ridiculous but nevertheless I had a bad premonition. Imagine a stream of 10^7 neutrons by cm² which knock together to create a colossal mass of heat. It was terrible! If a out of control chain reaction occurred, the temperature of the vessel could reach more of 500°C in about twenty seconds! I was right to be afraid...
Fortunately all worked well, the pressure reached 155 bars and the temperature of 286°C. It was finally the moment! We put in service the secondary circuit... The water warmed little by little and was going to rotate the first turbine. The turbine connected to the generator was going to produce some electrical energy. In a short time our reactor would have reached its maximal power...
Mrs Yukna, the only woman of my team came to see me running. She was in a frenzy. But what was going on? The temperature of the vessel was too high. It did not stop surging. My colleague began almost to cry and was afraid of a cataclysm. I was no more reassured than her. But I tried to stay zen for the team. Suddenly I had a hunch. I could do nothing more to slow down the reaction, I had to stop it.
I had to press on the big red safety button. I had to make it! I began to run, shoved every frozen member of my team... I jumped a cable and I was nigh of the button!! The terror was in the room…
I woke up… It was only a bad dream… What’s luck! 7:00 am, I must get up to go to work at the power plant.

2006-11-19T06:03:00.000-08:00

The evolution of the rock through the mentalities

What were the important stages of the evolution of the rock? Why was the rock a way to alter the mentalities of a population? Is the rock always a means to express its own opinions? Who were/are the rock stars the most influence during their generation?

Bibliography

Rock Music : Culture, Aesthetics, and Sociology

By Rachel Fogg and Peter Wicke

Synopsis:

Rock music is powerful, sensual, loud, and full of energy. It has changed the face of modern music. But what is its appeal and its significance within contemporary society, and what cultural values does it reflect? Peter Wicke addresses these issues and offers a stimulating and insightful study of rock music tracing the genesis and influence of this diverse aspect of popular music. Beginning with the advent of rock and roll, Wicke chronicles the development through Elvis Presley, and the Beatles to the current music industry, its performers, and the impact of the music video. The book will be of interest to students of music history, popular culture, and media studies.

à This book will allow me to have a thoughtful approach of the influence of the rock on the society and the culture while telling its evolution from the years.

A History of Rock Music
By Piero Scaruffi

Synopsis:

This history of rock music is not a history of the charts, but a history of the great ideas introduced by rock musicians over 50 years of relentless innovation, and the history of their greatest albums (regardless of how many copies were sold). It ends up being more focused on "alternative" rock than on "mainstream" rock, simply because alternative musicians tend to be more innovative and sincere than mainstream musicians.

In a sense, rediscovering "alternative" rock and giving it its dues is also a way to restore the reputation of rock music among the more sophisticated audiences.

Today, rock music is a genre that employs sampling techniques, electronic instruments, digital/computer technology, cacophony, and ethnic sources. The roots of today's rock music lie in the technical innovations brought about in the first half of the 20th century. Therefore, my "alternative" history of rock music begins much earlier than most books on the origins of rock'n'roll, and covers much more territory than guitar-driven rock'n'roll.

Website:

http://www2.ohlone.edu/instr/div_hist_ps/rock.html

à This site gives me a first approach of the evolution of the rock.

Some important sites of a rock’n’roll band to have an opinion of their interests in the politics and to know who are their fans :

Bruce Springsteen

http://www.brucespringsteen.net/site.html

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen

Pink Floyd

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd

http://www.pinkfloyd.co.uk/

Bob Dylan

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan

www.bobdylan.com

www.u2.com/

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2_%28groupe%29

The Beatles

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatles

www.beatles.com/

Nirvana

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana

Led Zeppelin

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin

www.ledzeppelin.com/

Guns N’ Roses

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_N'_Roses

www.gnronline.com/

And so on…

Hi

2006-09-21T04:42:00.000-07:00

It's my first message in this blog. I have create this blog to speack about Rock Music. All people want to have a discution with me about this oder this groupe of rock. No problem. I'll be there. I want that this blog will be alive.
I have always love (as the title of great music of Nada surf) all music but Rock musik is the favourite.
I play guitar for some years and if you propose me a tablature.