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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Nuclear power for POPs
Heh. At some point of time the Relcom's NOC and main Moscow hub (which was conviniently located at Kurchatov Institute for Atomic Energy) had a real nuclear reactor for backup power. In fact, given BBN's power problems you may be interested in purchasing few ARGUS units (Soviet-made mobile nuclear power plant, on several all-terrain vehicles) though neighbours may take a dim view :) Life is werider than imagination :) --vadim John Curran wrote: > > At 14:50 8/8/97, William Duncanson wrote: > >> I'll be more than happy to leverage my experience from my Nuclear > >> Engineering days to help Internet companies plan for these redundant > >> power plants. Each load of fuel would be good for about 18 to 24 > >> months of sustained operation, and we could even design it so that > >> should it experience an explosion, there is no confusion or expectation > >> on the performance and viability of colocated and nearby equipment. > >> > >> Chris > >> > >Sign me up! I want one of these in my back yard. I figure I could > >probably run the whole block off of one of these. > > It may soon be necessary to include one of these in each POP, > given notable vendors increasing power demands... > > Chris, can you do 23" open rack designs? > > ;-) > /John
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