I have a large supply of that stuff, as well as Gorilla Glue, duct tape, packing tape, Scotch tape, masking tape, Elmer's glue, a soldering iron and solder, and a brazing torch. That's in addition to nuts, bolts, screws, and nails. :)
Sounds like a CYA move and hope nobody notices, and they couldn't have glued a more important bolt back together. Can't believe a submarine cruises around without extra hardware.
They twisted the head of the bolt off. There was no easy correct fix, other than to take a ton of time extracting the broken bolt. They took the easy way out and just glued the bolt head in place, hoping the rest of the bolts were enough to hold things together. Usually, critical things are over engineered to stop one bolt failure from being disastrous.
If their military doesn't have extra bolts, screw extractors, and someone who knows how to use them, there's a problem. It's definitely not difficult or time consuming. And yes, most things use more fasteners than it real needs, but if they super glued it back together, they're just trying to make it look not broken so they don't get reprimanded.
Well, even the caps on top of nuclear valves are welded on a Trident submarine. Zero leakage is the criteria. It costs a lot ($2.2 BN in my day) but it is well worth it. This is fake news.
TLDR, there are no "bolts" in a Trident S8G core reactor.
How about Gorilla tape? Oh no, muh racist.
I have a large supply of that stuff, as well as Gorilla Glue, duct tape, packing tape, Scotch tape, masking tape, Elmer's glue, a soldering iron and solder, and a brazing torch. That's in addition to nuts, bolts, screws, and nails. :)
Sounds like you have what you need to fix multiple nuclear reactors.
I do have the "MacGyver" series on DVD. :)
me too. I love Gorilla tape and glue.
WTF! Didn't they have any Duct Tape?
Sounds like a CYA move and hope nobody notices, and they couldn't have glued a more important bolt back together. Can't believe a submarine cruises around without extra hardware.
They twisted the head of the bolt off. There was no easy correct fix, other than to take a ton of time extracting the broken bolt. They took the easy way out and just glued the bolt head in place, hoping the rest of the bolts were enough to hold things together. Usually, critical things are over engineered to stop one bolt failure from being disastrous.
If their military doesn't have extra bolts, screw extractors, and someone who knows how to use them, there's a problem. It's definitely not difficult or time consuming. And yes, most things use more fasteners than it real needs, but if they super glued it back together, they're just trying to make it look not broken so they don't get reprimanded.
How did this get into the news?
I would have expected it to be hushed up.
Well, even the caps on top of nuclear valves are welded on a Trident submarine. Zero leakage is the criteria. It costs a lot ($2.2 BN in my day) but it is well worth it. This is fake news.
TLDR, there are no "bolts" in a Trident S8G core reactor.
Maybe it was a steam trap.
RIP Billy Mays, this was a job for Mighty Tape
Its Babcock. It always is Babcock, their planners and workers are useless fools.
Edit: I have just found out it comes from the pages of the Sun, so can be safely ignored as Rupert Murdoch bullshit.
Now extend this same problem to airplanes.
Speed Tape anyone?
Hey, JB-weld should hardly be considered as glue!