On 2018-11-16 DoE granted me permission to reprint FFR. Since then, I've been sort of struggling to manage ~1000 pages in a decent workflow for both website publishing (as useful-as-possible HTML), as a downloadable EPUB file, and as an eBook people can buy for their Kindles and/or iPads (existence in eBook marketplaces).
I haven't nailed it yet, but this is as useful a document I can provide before 2019.
The above link is to Apple Pages public shared copy of FFR. It can be copy/pasted from like any work processor.
The below attachments are an EPUB created by Apple Pages and AZW3 translation by Calibre. These 2 formats cover all eBook readers I'm aware of.
This v20181227c version adds the missing Part III (liquid metal) reactors and related Table of Contents. This update has been published to Amazon (Kindle) and Apple (iPad/Mac), and any purchased copies can be updated for free.
Most of my time has been spent trying to find the best editing solution, and I'm still not sure this is it... because I'd also like to provide FFR on a dedicated website, in plain HTML.
EPUB is basically HTML, so that would be easy, except most of the book resides in a single extremely large HTML file... meaning most of the book would exist at a single URL. That wouldn't really be much better than the current PDF situation.
So tentatively, it looks like I'll be using Sigil to edit the EPUB and split it into many small HTML (XHTML) files. Those smaller files I'll update and treat as master-copies from which new versions of FFR's EPUB & AZW3 can be created.
Finish FFR Before Returning to Video
I think the biggest impact I have is narrative videos, but to me FFR is a part of the narrative as well. Just like pointing out the ORNL MSRE Doc was lost for almost 50 years, Fluid Fuel Reactors having been out-of-print for 60 years, and finally now available, is a point I'd like to make in any video tallying recent MSR progress.
So far, the eBook sales are minuscule (although I certainly appreciate those who did purchase a copy). Bit of a shame, I was hoping FFR would be a revenue stream... that is, I was hoping random copies would be purchased by people browsing through nuclear-power books, and not-so-much the people already following my work.
However, I haven't tried a marketing push yet, so it is still (remotely) plausible.
I intend to have a full-on FFR website created before I do. If marketing fails, then FFR won't generate useful revenue, but it'll be more accessible and cite-able than before.
Climate Zero Hour
Mathijs Beckers (Nuclear Humanist) completed "Climate Zero Hour" a 73-minute doc on climate change, and the need for nuclear power to help address it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NUe-pUVEm8
It features many folks you'll recognize. Didn't really realize Mathijs was working on it until he posted it, a nice pre-2019 suprise.
2019
I don't know how long getting FFR complete will take. It seems simple and doable, but then I also thought I'd have a solid eBook out within 2 weeks of getting permission from DoE.
If you're into eBooks, and see issues you'd like addressed then please try present me with a preferred implementation of how a similar table, or graphic, or Table-of-Contents should operate. Say "See THIS eBook at THIS location, that's how it should be done." ...and that's something I'll try emulate for presentation.
After that I'll pick back up on ORNL MSR Workshop interviews, the TEC2018 footage (although I hope Andreas can have stuff released before I get to it!), and hopefully I can release narrative content early 2019.