I have seen rumors of micro nuclear reactors that are relatively safe. They can fit in a semi truck trailer and are nice alternatives to the giant custom made power plants we use now. However I wouldn't want one too close to my house or food supply.
Cody Smith On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 10:33 AM Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote: > So Texas is below average in percent of electric power from nuclear. My > dad worked for Westinghouse Nuclear Energy Systems. He was involved in > several US plants but was eventually Manager of Latin American projects. I > know he worked on nuclear plants in Brazil and Puerto Rico. > > When I was working in the Robotics Institute Raj Reddy became aware that > automation was somehow involved in the Three Mile Island accident. He > asked me to ask my dad what happened so I got a written report from him. > As I recall the automation worked as designed but a human operator overrode > it causing the damage. I still have that write-up somewhere. > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 10:08 AM cody dooderson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> @Frank It looks like there are 2 Nuclear plants in Texas. They are called >> the South Texas Project and Comanche Peak, which accounted for about 8% of >> the total electricity in 2019 ☢️ >> >> Cody Smith >> >> ☢️ >> https://www.eia.gov/beta/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/1?agg=2,0,1&fuel=vtvv&geo=0000000002&sec=g&freq=A&start=2001&end=2019&ctype=linechart<ype=pin&tab=generation&maptype=0&rse=0&pin= >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 9:14 AM Barry MacKichan < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> To quote the zeitgeist, a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. >>> >>> On 16 Feb 2021, at 22:51, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> https://www.texaspolicy.com/heres-how-the-texas-energy-grid-fell-short/ >>> >>> Another viewpoint on the Texas Powergrid mystery. >>> >>> Clean energy is definitely made the boogie man here. >>> >>> n >>> >>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>> >>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>> >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
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