The Daily Populous

Saturday July 20th, 2024 day edition

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Advertisement Corporate image published by the Russian state atomic energy monopolist Rosatom of four nuclear reactors at the Rostov nuclear power station.

One of the four reactors at the facility producing electricity for southwest Russia and Kremlin-occupied regions of east Ukraine went offline on Tuesday.

Officials said the emergency shutdown was safe and there was no radiation threat.

Advertisement The statement said nothing about the nuclear accident at the Rostov nuclear power station, the single largest generator of power for the grid in southwest Russia.

By July 18-19, DonEnergo corporate messaging had ceased predicting when customers’ lights and appliances might again have power.

That was not the case and power cuts and blackouts were being reported across the peninsula, Kyiv Post review of local chat groups found. »

Boeing is closer to understanding thruster failures on its first astronaut flight with latest test

Authored by phys.org
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Boeing is closer to understanding what went wrong with its astronaut capsule in orbit, now that testing is complete on a spare thruster here on Earth.

It should have returned with its NASA test pilots by mid-June, but thruster failures and helium leaks prompted NASA and Boeing to extend its stay.

Engineers will first disassemble the thruster that was test-fired in New Mexico over the past couple of weeks. »

Florida police tell people to stop taking selfies with ‘depressed’ black bear

Authored by theguardian.com

Police in Florida are urging people to stop taking selfies with a “depressed” black bear spotted loitering morosely on a roadside.

“Onlookers were trying to take selfies with the bear and he’s clearly not in the mood for pictures.

It described the large male bear as “stressed, depressed, lemon zest” and urged the public not to approach a black bear at any time, “especially those that are showing aggression like this big fella”. »