[Mr. K]

I hope they stocked up on backup batteries!!

Fukishima would have gone down in history as a masterpiece of safe engineering if ONLY THEY HAD MORE THAN 6 HOURS WORTH OF BACKUP BATTERIES!

I have heard that they even sent someone to the store to buy some batteries, but their credit card was refused- that person should be beaten with a stick.

[dkjbama]

Fukushima Daiichi’s problem was caused by the loss of off site power from the quake coupled with the flooding of the standby generators by the tsunami leaving no power to remove the residual reactor reactor heat causing boiloff and subsequent meltdown. The gensets are there ONLY in the event of loss of off-site power during a reactor shutdown. I have not read one thing indicating a loss of offsite power at the Texas Plant. Offsite power is supplied by very high voltage lines on tall steel towers that can take the flood. The cooling water pond will likely flood causing an extended shutdown and a sloppy mess to clean up, but I see no reason for imminent alarm regarding the integrity of the plant. I pray that I am right. https://www.google.com/maps/place/28%C2%B047’44.0%22N+96%C2%B002’56.0%22W/@28.795556,-96.048889,3438m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d28.795556!4d-96.048889?hl=en

[LucyT]

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Article, # 35, # 40.

Thanks, Tilted Irish Kilt.

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