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-   The Barbie (https://britishexpats.com/forum/barbie-92/)
-   -   Nuclear Meltdown? (https://britishexpats.com/forum/barbie-92/nuclear-meltdown-708987/)

moneypenny20 Mar 14th 2011 1:12 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Originally Posted by renth (Post 9240223)
Hey, at least he's trying. My solution would be to surround the power stations with lots of huge sponges to soak up the tsunami.
Who wrings them out and where do they take them to do it?

spartacus Mar 14th 2011 1:12 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Originally Posted by asprilla (Post 9240211)
They really should have built a huge moat around the plants. The seawater would have entered the moat instead of damaging the cooling systems. Plus, the seawater contained in the moat, could then be used as a backup for cooling purposes.

I'm in the wrong job !
Good idea.

As an alternative, they could've attached the nuclear plant to some balloons filled with hydrogen and literally 'floated' the whole thing up in the air. Not permanently . . . just in the case of an emergency.

renth Mar 14th 2011 1:12 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Originally Posted by DeadVim (Post 9240227)
My solution is to not build the reactor but have a shedload of those hydroelectric generators waiting for the tsunami. ;)

And I have given up my day job. :unsure:
I like it, these Jap nuclear engineers need all the help they can get. Maybe we should contact them?

spartacus Mar 14th 2011 1:14 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Originally Posted by renth (Post 9240223)
Hey, at least he's trying. My solution would be to surround the power stations with lots of huge sponges to soak up the tsunami.
'Super' absorbent tampons would work just as well.

iamthecreaturefromuranus Mar 14th 2011 1:14 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Originally Posted by asprilla (Post 9240224)
? The moat would be 200 miles long, 2 miles wide, and 500m deep.

Construction would take 15-20 years, and provide a valuable boost to Japan's economy. The infill could then be exported to the maldives to mitigate the effects of rising sea levels.
Almost on a scale as my suggestion to dig out and flood the middle of Australia to reduce global see levels and increase beach front property availablity. :)

iamthecreaturefromuranus Mar 14th 2011 1:16 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Originally Posted by renth (Post 9240223)
Hey, at least he's trying. My solution would be to surround the power stations with lots of huge sponges to soak up the tsunami.
The Sponge Bob Square Pants solution?

spartacus Mar 14th 2011 1:16 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus (Post 9240234)
Almost on a scale as my suggestion to dig out and flood the middle of Australia to reduce global see levels and increase beach front property availablity. :)
Poopoo . . . you only need to get up a tall ladder to increase your global see level.

iamthecreaturefromuranus Mar 14th 2011 1:17 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Originally Posted by spartacus (Post 9240237)
Poopoo . . . you only need to get up a tall to increase your global see level.
Do'h!!! :rofl:

asprilla Mar 14th 2011 1:17 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Originally Posted by DeadVim (Post 9240227)
My solution is to not build the reactor but have a shedload of those hydroelectric generators waiting for the tsunami. ;)

And I have given up my day job. :unsure:
The only problem is the unpredictability of the tsunami. Detonating nuclear devices below the sea floor, would solve the problem and make your solution the preferred one.

All joking aside - fingers crossed that the Japanese can keep the current situation under control. :fingerscrossed:

moneypenny20 Mar 14th 2011 1:18 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Handy kitchen rolls apparently soak up loads of water. That's Handy, that's Ultra.

iamthecreaturefromuranus Mar 14th 2011 1:20 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 9240247)
Handy kitchen rolls apparently soak up loads of water. That's Handy, that's Ultra.
Are they the ones that are "stronger when wet"?

renth Mar 14th 2011 1:20 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Why has no one suggested using a couple of Shamwows!

asprilla Mar 14th 2011 1:21 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus (Post 9240236)
The Sponge Bob Square Pants solution?
I think there is a facebook group called "Australians for an inland sea".

iamthecreaturefromuranus Mar 14th 2011 1:23 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Originally Posted by asprilla (Post 9240257)
I think there is a facebook group called "Australians for an inland sea".
I remember making the idea up, or at least I thought I had, and posting the idea on here as a bizarre piss take... and somebody pointed it out to me that people were serious about it. !! :)

asprilla Mar 14th 2011 1:23 pm
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
 
Originally Posted by spartacus (Post 9240229)
Good idea.

As an alternative, they could've attached to nuclear plant to some balloons filled with hydrogen and literally 'floated' the whole thing up in the air. Not permanently . . . just in the case of an emergency.
You should be securing your intellectual property... before dirigible nuclear plants start to "take off".


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