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Probably pretty well. Solid concrete shells are pretty good for that.
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Yep. Containment should be able to take a direct 747 hit.Originally posted by The Mad Monk View Post"Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
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I would say IF they are allowed to restart.Originally posted by BlackCat View Post"Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
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A valid concern.Originally posted by Guynemer View PostLife is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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They're so big and massive (made up of concrete and steel) that I doubt even a huge tornado could wreck them. Now, the tornado would likely damage power lines or even close to surface water lines (or more likely their electrical pumping stations) and that could cause cooling problems. I believe the Japanese plant had batteries to run the cooling systems even if the power went out (the reactor itself was shut down just after the earthquake) but that the reactor remains hot for several weeks after shut down and there was some problem with either the batteries not being enough to power the back up cooling system or the back up system itself had some sort of damage due to the earthquake. It must have been some massive damage because supposedly everything is triple redundant with these power plants.Originally posted by Guynemer View PostTry http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Especially since US and Japanese reactors have secondary containment domes unlike the old Soviet designs like the Chernobyl plant.Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe View PostTry http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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No.Originally posted by Oerdin View Post
No batteries for power to pumps. Diesel generaors with 30 days of diesel inventory. Requirements in states at least are 30 day supplies in order to allow safe shut down where safe s hutdown means removal of all residual heat and no release of radioactivity to the environemnt beyond permitted levels.
Please do not confuse the issue. Batteries are not an option for the sizable power required for these pumps."Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
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Not particularly. Those things are what, four to five feet of solid steel-reinforced concrete?Originally posted by SlowwHand View PostIf there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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OK, I guess I was confused. They have diesel powered generators instead of batteries.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Uninformed question: Whenever there's an article on slashdot (yeah, I know) that involves nuclear power there's always a few dozen zealots saying that pebble bed reactors are perfectly safe and physically can't cause major problems. If this had been a pebble bed instead of a light water boiler, what would have happened?"In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, HyperionComment
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Some of the old ones are probably going to be closed, but the rest wil probably be restarted. Though, I think that there will be a migration plan moving things to the west coast of japan.Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe View PostWith or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Uhmn, just reading the wiki on this make me scaredOriginally posted by Koyaanisqatsi View Post
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_bed_reactorWith or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Slashdot just makes me angry. The articles there are......awful.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Don't know much about these style reactors. No commercial scale ones exist as far as I know. Until that happens and they have a body of operating experience I reserve judgement.Originally posted by Koyaanisqatsi View Post"Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
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Ogie, is it true that nuclear reactors have immense security precautions in everything from computer networks to going to the bathroom? Can you tell us what it is like working at one? (I gather you work at a nuclear plant)If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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