Posted on 03/12/2011 2:34:08 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I should have been more precise.
Close laterally is OK.
Close vertically is not. If the backup diesel generators were indeed taken out by the tsunami, as has been reported, this plant was sited too close to sea level.
The nuke power plant in Crystal River, Fl. Is right on the water. It discharges hot water into the Gulf. Hence the great fishing around it.
You can pull a nuclear sub up to an island or city and power the entire island or city from a reactor the size of a small office. Why is it that every commercial reactor built for the same task is roughly the size of Vermont and costs billions piled on billions? I’m guessing that Congress doesn’t want lots of little reactors inside steel vessels (rather than concrete manufactured in their district) powering cities.
I’ve never heard of pebble reactors and will go look them up, but the type reactor we’ve been building is ridiculous. There should be lots of little reactors located in contained units with enough coolant located in attached towers to douse them without using pumps.
I agree, it’s time to revisit nuclear power.
This is what is was trying to express to goseminolse. But he seems to be stuck on the liberal hype.
emer gens are usually hardened below grd level.
drains can be compromised by water press etc.
Multiple volcanoes plus the big one in Iceland plus the Solar cycle could mean another cool Summer and poor crops up North.
Stock up on cheap food.
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