TRIC

The Reactor is Critical (TRIC) was founded back in 2015 as a humor site for both current and past members of the United States Navy’s Nuclear Power Program.

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Desertion rate is double of years prior, ships are struggling to meet operational/training requirements, and national media is realizing how bad our working conditions are; yet, leadership has the gall to leave CPS comments when they tour waterfront boats. Out of touch, much?

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"TRIC, why are you so obsessed with batch feeding?"

Because the reactor deserves to have a little bit of fun and you do too! Feed fast today!

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Some days I leave work and I have zero pens. Some days I leave work and I have five pens. I haven't bought pens in over a year. Am I the single thief in the Navy?

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There better be a goddamn bathroom (head for you military types) in the Columbia engineroom or so help me god I will shame the fuck out of those engineers

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It is a failure on the part of the Navy that sailors in port cannot be guaranteed two consecutive days off once a week.

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Two crew submarines are great because it really does give each crew a common enemy to unite against.

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Wild take: A lone submarine crew shouldn't need to be warfighters, maintenance experts, refit planning gurus, and flawless bureaucrats all at the same time.

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Leaving after 8 hours of work isn't lazy, it's supposed to be normal. The Navy has forced itself into a state where crews in-port often work longer hours than when they're at-sea. It's no secret why we can't keep the fleet manned.

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CTE Scores are like WAF numbers. Made up, irrelevant, and a real pain to deal with when you get the wrong one

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Y'all ever think about how most people in Mississippi can't spell Mississippi?

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Some soldiers from Snake Island have survived. Russian warship, go fuck yourself

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Russia has invaded Ukraine. Kyiv is being shelled. These are fretful times. All the jokes aside, I wish Ukraine the absolute best and I hope we as the United States take the right actions to de-escalate the situation. Pack your seabags just in case.

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PNEO grads have the weirdest knowledge. They can't remember half the machines outside the RC but they can definitely tell you why Hyman G. Rickover himself decided to put a 4.2° incline in the check valve upstream of CH-69 and how it protects the core during emergency startups

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Why do I gotta memorize all these fun facts about nuclear power when I have to have the book out to do anything anyways SMH. I'm tired of writing out how to shift the electric plant. That shit is in God's hands not mine

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All I really want is a rainbow-colored shim switch

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Nuclear reactors are just Bop-its for sad people.

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Hot rock make water into sky water. Sky water make parts turn. Turn parts make under water car go. Sky water tired, turn back to water. No drink water.

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This Wordle game seems an awful lot like the Pigs & Bulls game that was most definitely never around in Maneuvering. 🤔

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Rickover was an incredible man for 2 reasons:

1. He put safe, powerful, and reliable nuclear reactors on warships

2. He convinced America that their 20-something college dropout children were the perfect people to run them.

Thanks dad

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I'm late to the party and this is not related to NNPP but Spiderman: No Way Home is the best marvel movie yet. If you haven't seen it yet and have been following the franchise at all, I can't reccomend it highly enough.