 Good article on why nuclear plants are necessary. |
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 Mar 16, 2011 - 9:35 AM
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I'm an engineer for a large nuclear company, as stated in the article the plants we are designing and currently shipping have a passive cooling system unlike the plants built 30 years ago. If the plants in japan were our current design explosive valves are open and the plant is gravity cooled, it doesnt not need pumps or power.
The plants withstood the largest earthquake in japanese history, a giant tsunamai they never planned for; atleast one that large. At the time they are still only leaking relatively speak minor amounts of radiation. Unless something goes drastically wrong, not a single person will die from this event; while half of japan is devasted from the natural disaster. http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/16/sjod...ex.html?hpt=C1# -------------------- -93 Rx7, Turbo 6.1L v8, 725rwhp/760rwtq
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Mar 16, 2011 - 1:44 PM
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Why does the US bury the waste? That makes no sense if 95% of the waste is recyclable...
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Mar 20, 2011 - 11:12 PM
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It should also be mentioned the plant which is having trouble was all of two weeks from being decommissioned after forty years when the quake occurred.
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