How many nuclear accidents have occurred on USA and Russian submarines? The nuclear fuel used in submarines is better refined, (eg weapons grade material), that the fuel used in nuclear power plants. This make accidents in nuclear submarine particularly dangerous.
The fuel used on nuclear submarine is better grade; because, their is limited space on a submarine and the higher grade fuel provides the submarine with the capability to travel longer distances, (eg better range), between refueling or better miles per gallon than even diesel). LOL It seem like the scientist, engineers, architects, technical designer, etc could get it right on something a small as a submarine, but this has not proven to be the case: The danger of a possible accident from using nuclear power seem to exponentially increase as the facilities and equipment age. http://www.american.edu/TED/KOMSO.HTM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_Kursk_explosion Regards, LelandJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I don't like nuclear energy; because, nuclear energy, and its by >> products, are toxic to all forms of life. Nuclear energy can be erratic >> and unpredictable. It requires much more regulation, supervision, >> backup systems, and security that other forms of energy, because it is >> so dangerous. Even if all the required systems are in place, accidents >> still seem to happen. >> > > Spoken like someone who doesn't understand nuclear and has never been around > it. I spent five years working with nuke plants... some time on site. I > felt safer there than downtown Richmond VA at night. What you have, at least > at these plants, was an attitude among the workers that nothing was going to > happen on their watch. Many are ex-navy who take pride in their work. I > know, this is not the standard at other businesses. The only thing some > might find disconcerting are the guards wandering around carrying some pretty > heavy hardware. > > We have a storage solution, it's in the middle of nowhere, but Dingy Harry > Reid et al are refusing to let us use it. A pox upon their houses. Leland > refers to accidents, what has there been since Three Mile Island, and how > many refinery fires have there been in that time? We cannot live in a > riskless world. If we try, the hidden risks of inadequate supplies will come > back and bite us anyway. > > In my humble, but accurate, opinion, the left does not want us to be strong > and independent. If we were, we wouldn't need them. > > -- > Larry Miller > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/mixed > text/plain (text body -- kept) > message/rfc822 > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
