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Updated: June 1, 2025
The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor. How long? he wondered. He was not thinking of the crystallization reaction; he knew the timing of that to the fraction of a second. His dark thoughts were focused inwardly, upon himself.
"Looks fine to me," he said finally, handing it back. "Part of your main pumps?" "Why, yes," replied Kit, surprised. "Say, you seem to know your business." "Only the best rocket buster in space, sir," chimed in Tom. "He eats, sleeps, and dreams about machinery on a power deck." "Is that for your new reactor, sir?" asked Astro. "Yes. Want to come over and take a look at it?"
Connel, referring constantly to his watch, counted the minutes as one by one the teams reported the installation of a reactor unit. "This is Shinny. Just finished installing reaction charge one at point seven ..." "This is Manning. Just finished installing reaction charge at point four ..." One after the other, the teams reported.
It isn't as efficient as I'd like, but it gets its power by converting hydrogen to helium. I need those batteries to start the thing. After it gets going, these leads here from the reactor cell keep the batteries charged. The " He was interrupted by five different voices all trying to speak at once. He could hardly "... He could hardly get a word in edgewise at first," said Thorn.
The only difference between this transmitter and the preceding one is that: two 5 watt tubes are used, the first serving as an oscillator and the second as a modulator; an oscillation choke coil is used in the plate circuit; a reactance coil or reactor, is used in the plate circuit; and a reactor is used in the grid circuit. The Oscillation Choke Coil.
"End transmission." Strong then spoke to Kit Barnard on the Good Company, but did not get a chance to speak to Astro. "He's down on the power deck, Steve," reported Kit. "He's watching that reactor as if it were a treasure chest." "To him it is," said Strong. "Good luck, Kit." "Incidentally," said Kit before signing off, "I heard that crack Wild Bill made about a steak. Better put my name on it!"
An hour later, Ben Puryear called from the reactor area, his voice strained with anger. "Scott, do you know what those " He gargled obscenities for a moment. "You know what they've done? They've re-packed the Number One Doernberg-Giardano; got a chain-reaction started again." "Who?" "Fred Hausinger's gang. Apparently at Harry Crandall's orders.
This ship is powered by a nuclear reactor in other words, an atomic pile. You've heard of one?" Rip controlled his voice, but his red hair stood on end with anger. O'Brine was being deliberately insulting. This was stuff any Planeteer recruit knew. "I've heard, sir." "Fine. It's more than I had expected. Well, Foster, a nuclear reactor produces heat. Great heat.
Finally he looked over at Kit Barnard's red-painted Good Company. He knew Astro would be on the power deck, preferring to nurse the reactor than watch the blast-off. And then Strong was conscious of the tower operator counting off the seconds. He would pick it up at ten minus. He gripped the intercom mike as Mike's voice droned in his ears.
At the Long Island plant, no one was concerned about espionage neither the processes nor the equipment used there were secret but the countersabotage security was fantastically thorough. Every person or scrap of material entering the reactor area was searched; the life-history of every man and woman employed there was known back to the cradle.
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