The test has already began, if you count inspecting the machine as part of the test:
http://ecatnews.com/?p=1095 2011/10/27 Peter Gluck <peter.gl...@gmail.com> > Damn the measuring instruments, full speed ahead! > > Those instruments tell sometimes nasty things. > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> A couple of people have written to me to say that this is a test reactor >> so you would not need a permit for it. I doubt that. >> >> In the US you are not allowed to install a 1 MW conventional boiler >> without a license, and you are not allowed to operate it without a permit. I >> do not think they would make an exception for a nuclear reactor that works >> by unknown principles. On the contrary, this would probably invite more >> scrutiny than usual. >> >> Peter Gluck <peter.gl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> At such a great scale "The Oct. 28 Test" is a contradiction >>> in terms- it has to be at least "the 3 days test starting on Oct. 28" >>> No company having elementary idea of engineering would accept a short >>> test for such a Behemoth, there are necessary hours to make all the 52 >>> Fat-Cats functional . . . >>> >> >> I agree. Plus you would need a week or two setting up and calibrating the >> instruments beforehand, and some days to take apart the machine and look >> inside it, either before the run or after. >> >> - Jed >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Peter Gluck > Cluj, Romania > http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com > >
