Posted on 03/11/2011 3:34:41 AM PST by TSgt
“trust me the media will blow this into a nuclear disaster, this will help slow reactor developent and building world wide”
Blow this? Nuclear power is not a conservative/liberal issue. Boiling water using the most poisonous substances known to man while thumbing your nose at mother mature will lead to a big wakeup call.
Human frailty and totally unacceptable leakages will result, ultimately, in disaster every time.
Safe cause you say so. I’ve got a 160 points and years on construction projects as large as the Alaskan pipeline that tells me differently.
What do you got?
“What do you got?”
So tell us how many people have have died in nuclear plant accidents over the years?
And how many people have died from accidents at other types of power generation plants.
And then tell us since you don’t like nuclear power; what is your alternative for inexpensive, safe electricity?
He was on here this morning, Middle East time, not long after the earthquake hit. So was Ronin, but he was concerned about family in a harder-hit area and that this thing wasn't over.
It would sure be great to hear from both of you guys again.
Your answer was non-respnsive as to why your opinion should carry any weight. There is plenty of natural gas and oil in this country, as well as Canada and Mexico. New proven reserves should put an end to chicken little’s the sky is falling. Drill baby drill!
Pebble-bed reactors. They don't get hot enuff to melt. they can't.
Powder..patch..ball FIRE!
Kyodo News Ticker
http://english.kyodonews.jp/photos/2011/03/76624.html
Radiation level rising in Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant turbine building (01:58)
crap
BBC
The Tokyo Electric Power Company has said the pressure inside the No. 1 reactor at its Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant has been rising, with the risk of a radiation leak, according to the Jiji Press news agency. Tepco planned to take measures to release the pressure, the report added. The reactor’s cooling system began to malfunction after the earthquake. People living close to the plant were later evacuated as a precaution.
Nuclear physicist Dr Walt Patterson tells the BBC it sounds like there is a “serious problem” at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant. “It’s the sort of thing that nuclear engineers have nightmares about,” he says. “If it is not resolved in the next few hours it will get serious. If the core is uncovered, then those rods at the top may get hot enough to melt themselves.”
You have given no reason why your opinion should carry any weight.
Give us what kind of engineering degree you have, and then tell us what what nuclear plants you have worked in. And what safety issues in the industry you have observed.
Telling us that your are an expert in nuclear safety because you have worked the Alaska pipeline doesn't cut it.
You may in fact be very knowledgeable, but I will trust the industries track record and PERSONAL knowledge of people who work in the industry, over hearsay on the Internet.
Jane Fonda also didn't like the nuclear industry and made a movie about it. I don't listen to her opinion either.
Yes, trust the nuclear engineers. They know best. Best to discount my real life experiences. So what if some major project was built backwards. With nuclear power, everyone is really really really careful. Three reallys ought to about do it. Thank you for sharing what background you have for your bromide pronouncement that nuclear power is safe. I’d gladly but you a one way ticket to Wefuguprilibadliama power plant so you can observe the safety in action.
Sure humans make mistakes. Humans also do quite a bit correctly.
“Yes, trust the nuclear engineers. They know best. “
I trust nuclear engineers that work in the field and have many years of experience.
They are constantly looking for potential problems and weaknesses. They look at all kinds of scenarios and “what ifs”.
They are on site at these plants.
It hasn’t even been 12 hours since the Earthquake hit in Japan, and some geriatric hag named Kate Hudson, of a nuclear disarmament group, is screaming & yelling that all nuclear power plants worldwide must be shut down immediately. So far as we know, no in in Japan has died today because of a nuclear reactor.
“So far as we know, no in in Japan has died today because of a nuclear reactor.”
But a LOT of people live better and longer because of the electricity they produce.
This was a massive quake. Its a testament to good engineering and construction that the damage is not worse.
You have to extract the fuel rods to essentially make the reactor (idle). That is not a quick process. It requires substantial “de-fueling” maintenance procedures.
Not correct. The reaction (fission) stops instantly with the insertion of the control rods. Once the reaction stops, there is still considerable 'residual heat' in the core from decay products which requires coolant circulation to remove that heat. My guess here is that the plant lost off-site power to keep their coolant pumps running and for some reason or another, their emergency diesel generators did not kick in to provide power for the pumps.
Worst case scenario, they could trash their core and the reactor internals, much like what happened at Three Mile Island. It probably poses no danger to the outside world.
Core temp: RISING.......LOSING.........DUH
Probably does not have a DCS unless it's for collecting historical data or for non-safety functions. To my knowledge, no DCS has been rated for safety related function (NRC Class Class 1-E). They tend to use separate very specialized controls much of them hard-wired analog vintage equipment for those safety related functions.
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