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Fox News has a UN weapons inspector on right now attempting to describe how a nuclear plant works. ROTFLMAO!! Yesterday they had Peter Doocy doing trying to explain nuclear technology. CBS had a Georgetown "nuclear professor" on this morning and he did no better than Doocy did. Nobody even noticed that the pic they had on the screen this morning that this "professor" was using was of a PWR. This is getting comical. How about getting an operator that obtained an NRC license at a similar GE BWR to give a brief explanation of the situation? Heck, even a stepped-out NLO from a BWR would do. They would have far more knowledge of the topic that some of these "degreed" experts on TV have.

I've operated PWR's commercially and in the Navy and have withheld commenting because my knowledge of BWR's is pretty limited. But I do know that a 72 hour (plus) loss of all AC power is one heck of a challenge, and we can only hope for the best.

But I do know that a 72 hour (plus) loss of all AC power is one heck of a challenge, and we can only hope for the best.

I agree - I'm not nuclear at all, but I am electrical (transmission) and there are significant reasons that we give top priority to providing off-site power to nuclear plants even though they have redundant on-site power sources. What we are seeing at Fukushima right now illustrates that need well.

Haha! I bet Peter Doocy knew more about nuclear technology than the UN weapons inspector. If it weren’t for FR and some of the actual expertise and invaluable links those people with expertise have provided, I might have gone a bit Chicken Little myself. Thankfully, I’ve been glued to the online commentary since the earthquake was first reported, I’ve stayed totally calm, and I feel much better informed for it.