dunno about actual run-of-the-mill daily cycle but I've seen the reactor at K-State run a couple-dollar pulse. It looked about like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgNwtepP-6M
For the day to day operation it just looked like a big pool of distilled water with a ton of pipes running around in it.
For the day to day operation it just looked like a big pool of distilled water with a ton of pipes running around in it.