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On 16/03/2011 11:56 AM, Califbill wrote:
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:40:39 -0400, Gene
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:35:01 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:56:26 -0400, Harryk
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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.

Except the one 5 miles from my house.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswi...rating_Station

Where is the fault that is going to cause the level 9 earthquake?


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Also the Japanese Nuke plant is 40 years old. We have learned a lot in
that time. Does not require electricity to keep the emergency cooling
water flowing these days.


Ya but the US has 23 of them exactly like the Japanese one. All still
in service. That does not include the related models, just the
identical ones.

But agree, the model is obolete as you can't easily stop the chain
reaction with these dinosaurs.

I saw a graphic about this particular design. There are not actually
rods that can be pulled out and separated. the core is the material and
it can be slowed down by putting separator plates in, but it's all still
in one area...