Posted on 03/11/2011 3:22:00 PM PST by WayneM
I will give her credit for not doing implants.
Although maybe that’s a problem in racing crashes.
Was there a shortage of coolant at the reactor site or was there a problem with pumping the coolant to the reactor? I thought there was a pumping problem but then I haven’t paid that much attention to the situation.
> How do we put these newfound fears to rest?
There is no safety in this world.
There is only you and your faith in God.
If you have faith, there is nothing to worry about.
If you have no faith, you are on your own ... good luck.
I disagree. It is indeed a lie.
She is the Secretary of State and speaks for the entire nation.
One in a position such as this does not just pull stuff out of one's @ss as fact.
And you're a Lefty.
I don’t understand how someone who was smart enough to turn a $1,000 initial investment in the highly volatile cattle futures market, increase the account by 630% within approximately one week and $100,000 over the next ten months could make such a mistake!
"I did NOT li** that intern's *****!"
"I am not a lesbian!"
"Bill and I have sex all the time!"
"Yes, Vince killed himself!"
Well, I worked in the field of nuclear reactor safety for over 10 years, and safety requirements have evolved over time.
Towards the end of the building boom here in the USA (mid 80s) the plants were designed with safety elements that could not easily be retrofitted into older plants. I suspect it was the same way in Japan.
The focus on safety is what drove the cost of nuclear-generated electricity from “too cheap to meter” to “not worth the cost right now”
As for being a “modern” plant, I understand this plant in Japan was a 1st generation design commercial BWR (boiling water reactor) which would mean late 60’s to mid 70’s. It probably didn’t have too many years left before shutdown.
There are a number of BWRs built in the USA during the same time frame (including the TVA reactors at Brown’s Ferry, which is about 10 miles from my house) but I don’t know how the Japanese design compares to US plants. I suspect this Japanese plant was either designed by GE, who designed many/all of the BWRs here in the US, or was a licensed copy of the GE design finished out by another company.
As for putting your fears to rest, I suspect far more people will die from the earthquake, tsunami, and fires than from anything done by this reactor.
How many people die from the effects of burning coal for electricity or heat? How many people drown in their tub, get killed by lightning, choke on food or have a cut cause a fatal infection? In all these cases, many more than killed by nuclear power.
Face it. Life is a fatal disease.
“Like her boss talking about Oil leases that Bush signed 4 years ago. NOT OBAMA”
You can be sure, the democrap affirmative action, Kenyan muslim homo scumbag will take credit for it.
You can use an positive displacement pump powered by a generator, most likely an emergency generator. Something tells me that reactor core is completely cover, and Hillary Clinton has absolutely no idea what she is talking about.
Those asshats couldn't tell the truth for water if they were on fire.
Hillary is a screwup. She has been her entire life.
omg!
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