The turbine is pretty noisy. It's hard to work on it with someone else who needs direction (me!) but it's far enough from the house and has enough forest between it and the house that you can hear it only from the 2nd story and only if there is something wrong - it makes a lot more noise when it is free-wheeling.

It surprised me to hear about such small-scale nuclear tech too. Doug was an officer on a nuclear sub back in the Navy and he had a lot of nuclear training there. He didn't really ponder it too long but the article he saw certainly caught his eye!

Thanks. Love to see you here. You have a way of making everything more interesting!