A couple of videos and the weekly NRC thing....

In honor of this week's final flight of Discovery, let's look back at some video of the very FIRST launch of Discovery in August 1984:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-41-D

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While watching UFC® 127 last night, someone was talking about BJ Penn performing an impressive feat of a three foot vertical jump out of a pool. I had to see the video for myself. I'd love to have the strength to do this. Here's the video:

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Not much of interest for my plant from the NRC over the past week, but here it is:

1. ML110470406 - Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2, & 3, Sequoyah, Unit 1 & 2, Watts Bar, Unit 1, Service List Change Update.
2. ML110480888 - Revised - Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant - Operator Licensing Written Examination Approval 05000259/2011301, 05000260/2011301 and 05000296/2011301.