Posted on 02/28/2011 1:20:57 PM PST by libstripper
Tehran reportedly told IAEA that mechanical issue forced it to remove fuel from nuclear reactor; expert calls it a "serious problem."
(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...
"I think what happened is that the pump failed but it didn't just fail, it broke up, so that ... there are pieces of metal that are now circulated throughout the primary cooling system," one of them said."
Methinnks it just might have so catastrophically failed because our old frined STUXNET might have caused it to overspeed and disintegrate. At the very least all that debris circualting in a primary cooling system's sure to mess up a reactor.
Probably pissed off union workers dropped a hard hat
into the system, it’s been known to happen.
What a perfect time to eliminate the iranian nuclear threat.
Sitting duck, and there ain’t no nuc fuel in it to escape to the atmosphere!
Isreal are you listening to me???
I have no experience in nuclear systems. However, many devices I’ve worked on where heat and pressure were critical factors had mechanical limit setpoints. They aren’t affected by software problems or viruses. You’d think something like that would be on this type of equipment.
You might be right. However, STUXNET works by secretly changing the speed of critrical devices and systems. Seems like a reactor pump in the primary cooling loop would be an ideal target for this kind of virus. Not being an engineer, I’m just guessing.
Yes: it seems likely that Stuxnet made it operate in a mechanically ruinous fashion over a period of months.
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