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Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Originally Posted by Vegemite Kids
(Post 9235963)
And personally, I’d much rather live next door to a reactor plant than to a coal fired power station (assuming both are properly maintained), but that’s just my opinion after having worked in both. Having said that, I’d rather live next to a PWR than a BWR (which is what Fukushima is).
I read that the power station was only rated safe up to M7.9 as this was deemed the maximum that a 'worst case' earthquake could produce. Only goes to prove that some experts know shit. Sounds like a case of 'she'll be right mate'. |
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Originally Posted by DeadVim
(Post 9235974)
Would you rather live next to a coal-fired power station if it was located next to one of the world's most active fault lines?
I read that the power station was only rated safe up to M7.9 as this was deemed the maximum that a 'worst case' earthquake could produce. Only goes to prove that some experts know shit. Sounds like a case of 'she'll be right mate'. I wouldn't live on an active fault line full stop. ;) |
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Originally Posted by Vegemite Kids
(Post 9235984)
I wouldn't live on an active fault line full stop. ;)
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Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Originally Posted by Vegemite Kids
(Post 9235963)
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Well I'm not a beardie weirdie physicist (mainly cos I'm a female and my degrees are in Chemistry and Engineering :D), but as someone who used to work for the Atomic Energy Authority designing and validating some of the inspection and safety regimes currently in use in the industry today, and has worked for a company that manufactures the reactor cores themselves, I have to say that GarryP and Justbecause raise some very good points. A lot of what is being reported at the moment is media hyperbole and kneejerking so take what you see and read there with a huge pinch of salt. As usual the truth is not as interesting or exciting as what is being reported. To the other points that have been raised by posters... Agreed, nuclear power is certainly not the be all and end all of power solutions, but it does have a place in modern society (IMO) in amongst traditional technologies such as coal or oil fired plants and hydro plants, as well as 'alternative' technologies such as solar/wind/wave. And personally, I’d much rather live next door to a reactor plant than to a coal fired power station (assuming both are properly maintained), but that’s just my opinion after having worked in both. Having said that, I’d rather live next to a PWR than a BWR (which is what Fukushima is). Its akin to road travel vs air travel. Air travel (Nuclear power) is statistically much safer than road travel (Coal power) but when it fails, it fails big and makes headlines. It’s the few nuclear events that make the headlines the same way its the few aircrashes that make the headlines and cause people who are happy to get in a car be scared of flying. |
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
(Post 9235592)
Arrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhh... run to the hills and hide.
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Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Just read the entire thread and a number of interesting points raised by many posters, but no one has mentioned yet, so far as i could see, the realistic and obvious solution to our energy needs, simply turning off all of our (mostly) un-necessary electronic shite which we immerse our lives in daily! Im as guilty as the next guy so dont shout me down, but it is true, we waste more than we use so have to keep dreaming up more effective ways of supplying our habit. Im not a greenie either before someone says it, i have real issues with the whole global warming thing, largely because most of the facts put forward by the authorities are put forward by the authorities! and history has shown them en-masse to be less than honest, shall we say. We could avert a lot of the risks associated with any and all manner of energy production if we didnt have as many production facilities in the first place. My point in all this? I have no idea, were all doomed anyway.Keep crossing them and it might just be ok :fingerscrossed:
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Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Originally Posted by Turban Explorer
(Post 9235580)
.....We're already getting a glimpse here of what happens when the Pacific Ocean heats up a degree or two - most of Queensland is no longer habitable....
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Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Originally Posted by JustBecause
(Post 9236637)
Are you saying this is good or bad?? :lol:
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Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
From BBC live website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698:
0218: Column of smoke escaping from Reactor 3 at the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant - Japanese TV. 0221: Urgent: Explosion at Reactor 3 - AFP. 0220: Sea level has dropped five metres off Fukushima, confirming imminent arrival of tsunami - Japanese TV. |
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Originally Posted by HelenTD
(Post 9237930)
From BBC live website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698:
0218: Column of smoke escaping from Reactor 3 at the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant - Japanese TV. 0221: Urgent: Explosion at Reactor 3 - AFP. 0220: Sea level has dropped five metres off Fukushima, confirming imminent arrival of tsunami - Japanese TV. Holy F * * K! |
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Originally Posted by renth
(Post 9237941)
"0220: Sea level has dropped five metres off Fukushima, confirming imminent arrival of tsunami - Japanese TV."
Holy F * * K! 0231: No data to suggest a tsunami several metres in height, the monitor adds. |
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Originally Posted by renth
(Post 9237941)
"0220: Sea level has dropped five metres off Fukushima, confirming imminent arrival of tsunami - Japanese TV."
Holy F * * K! Let's hope that's the case. On the downside there has been a hydrogen explosion in the Number 3 reactor ... Let's also obviously hope those containment vessels hold ... |
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Originally Posted by moneypenny20
(Post 9237950)
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0231: No data to suggest a tsunami several metres in height, the monitor adds. 0231: World War II bomber found on the moon missing http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile...044_8523_n.jpg |
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Originally Posted by renth
(Post 9237956)
0220: World War II bomber found on the moon
0231: World War II bomber found on the moon missing http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile...044_8523_n.jpg |
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Originally Posted by renth
(Post 9237956)
0220: World War II bomber found on the moon
0231: World War II bomber found on the moon missing http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile...044_8523_n.jpg http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image...500_AA300_.jpg |
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