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Canuck57[_9_]

On 14/03/2011 6:35 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:56:26 -0400,
wrote:

On 3/14/11 6:48 PM, True North wrote:
Was that you, Johnny.... always preaching about the benefits of nuclear
power?
Good I guess, as long as you don't have an earthquake.

I haven't been opposed to nuclear power. I live about 20 miles from one.
But this latest incident in Japan sure gives one pause.

I think the significant thing is that the problem wasn't the 9.0
earthquake, it was the tsunami. That makes most of the US reactors
somewhat immune to the biggest problem.

Beg to differ. Could have been an aircraft, quake, fire, flood...always
an excuse.

The buildings are sheet steel, they should have been 2' thick concrete.
All reactors should have a mechancial way of assured shutdown, pull a
lever and the rods pull away ceasing the reaction. And much lower
temperature limits.

Using moulton salts is efficient, but not safe. Looks like these
reacors were designed as efficient but not safe. Politicians rather
have the money for government corruption and greed than doing it right.

Last week, I was all for nukes, this week, no way. This si the worlds
worst nuclear disaster to date and politicians are white washing it big
time. And they will get away with it. Prove the damages? Hard to do,
could be something else....

We need much better designs and quite frankly I don't trust our or their
governmetns to do it right. Pretty clear they use a bad design from a
safety perspective.

If I moved to an area that had one, I would wantt o be upwind from it
for sure.