On Monday 14 March 2011 12:29:07 Allan Duncan wrote: > On 14/03/11 10:31, Teika Kazura wrote: > ... > > > I'm sorry of our shabby nuke power plants. > > Maybe the maintenance and regular _real_ testing of backup generators?
Well, I can tell you, that the tests in germany aren't any better, and I doubt they are anywhere else, 'cause the test cost money (reactor not running) and they are themselves pretty expensive (material, personell etc). What matters is quantity not quality. > Or perhaps the earthquake resistance of engine mounts? Well, the japanese NPS are in a quite good shape, compared to many of the german ones. They're back from the 70s ... It may sound a bit sarcastic, but the tragidy in Japan, could free Germany from the NPS, using power generated by wind and water instead (Norway got some plans for a 14.000 MW pipeline Norway <> Germany, for example). Still I guess the core melt-down is coming (reactor 2 doesn't hold any water at the moment). I can't understand why people haven't learned from Nagasaki and Hiroshima... (before you flame the japanese themselves: the world-wide (read: especially US) energy-politics made it practically impossible for Japan to use a different method of producing energy). An initiative to stop the NPS in Germany will be started, soon. I hope - no for the first time in my life I pray - that the Bundesrat will make it! Besides it's unbelievalbe what happens in Japan, I mean: a) earthquake b) tsunami c) NPS core melt-down d) vulcanic activity (southern Japan) four catastrophies in one! I mean... I just don't get the bad luck they have to run in something like that... If you're from Germany, you may donate your money via:"Aktion Deutschland hilft" http://www.aktion-deutschland-hilft.de/de/hilfseinsaetze/erdbeben- japan/erdbeben-in-japan-tsunami-warnungen-fuer-den-pazifik-raum/ Besides a lot of helpers from Germany will be send out the support you japanese. Kind Regards, Chris
