At 10:18 AM 2/17/2012, Eric wrote:
First off, the industry does not use the term inherently safe
(anymore). Inherently safe means there is no risk because nothing
hazardous is present. This cannot apply to a nuclear reactor plant
that contains plenty of radioactive fuel and systems at high
pressure and temperature. Power reactors may be inherently safe
from certain specific accident types (light water reactors cannot
suffer the type of accident that occurred at Chernobyl). But
overall, cannot by definition be inherently safe.....
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The public's view is that Nuclear Reactor are inherently all
dangerously unsafe.
They have Chernobyl, Three-Mile Island, and Fukushima to prove it.
I think the average person would want to know if it can have
catastrophic melt-down accident that would affect many people living
near the plant.
If so, the average person would perhaps not consider it to be "safe".
What about the two that were just licenses for construction in Georgia?
What is the maximum credible accident?
Otto
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