RE: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-24 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Telmo Menezes Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 1:53 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down On Mon, Mar 23

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-24 Thread Alberto G. Corona
gt;>>> I am saying that I don't know if uranium fission can be made safer, and >>>> cheaper. I also think that part of the cost is waste management. I think >>>> that natural gas, solar and wind (with Storage) may now be the past of >>>> least resist

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-24 Thread Telmo Menezes
ssues are and what the > potential risks are? > Fair enough. One can dream about a Star Trek world where these decisions are driven by honest science. Telmo. > > > > -Original Message----- > From: Telmo Menezes > To: everything-list > Sent: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 5:24 pm &

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-23 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I am not optimistic on all this, because of costs to develop, development > time, lead time, politics, and so forth. I'm pretty optimistic about Thorium reactors but the energy revolution won't come

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-23 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
so forth. As of now its all gas turbines till we get a cheap way of storing abundant solar. Maybe. -Original Message- From: John Clark To: everything-list Sent: Mon, Mar 23, 2015 12:32 pm Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down On Sun

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2015-03-23 Thread LizR
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Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-23 Thread Telmo Menezes
ast of >>> least resistance. >> >> >> Fair enough. I don't know either, I just have the impression that a lot >> of people who protest nuclear power (and influence political decisions) >> also don't know. >> >> Telmo. >> >>

RE: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-23 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
-Original Message- From: Telmo Menezes To: everything-list Sent: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 5:24 pm Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 10:08 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 3/21/2015 9:05 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: We

RE: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-23 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
t the potential risks are? Chris Telmo. -Original Message- From: Telmo Menezes To: everything-list Sent: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 5:24 pm Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 10:08 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 3/

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2015-03-23 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > People are rightly fearful of radiation exposure. Obviously everybody should be careful around radiation, but the trouble is that at the mere mention of the word most people's logic circuits shut do

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-23 Thread Alberto G. Corona
impression that a lot of > people who protest nuclear power (and influence political decisions) also > don't know. > > Telmo. > > >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Telmo Menezes >> To: everything-list >> Sent: Sat, Mar

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-23 Thread Telmo Menezes
- > From: Telmo Menezes > To: everything-list > Sent: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 5:24 pm > Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted > down > > > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 10:08 PM, meekerdb wrote: > >> On 3/21/2015 9:05 AM, spudboy

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-22 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
revent use. -Original Message- From: LizR To: everything-list Sent: Sun, Mar 22, 2015 5:27 pm Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down I've been given the impression that nuclear waste can be reprocessed in thorium reactors, which I assume include

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-22 Thread LizR
ith Storage) may now be the past of > least resistance. > > > -Original Message- > From: Telmo Menezes > To: everything-list > Sent: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 5:24 pm > Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted > down > > > > On S

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2015-03-22 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
s not electrically powered to about 25-30% solar today. -Original Message- From: meekerdb To: everything-list Sent: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 5:37 pm Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down On 3/21/2015 12:04 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List

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2015-03-22 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
s To: everything-list Sent: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 5:24 pm Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 10:08 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 3/21/2015 9:05 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List

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2015-03-21 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
gets addressed. Sent from AOL Mobile Mail -Original Message- From: meekerdb To: everything-list Sent: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 05:08 PM Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down On 3/21/2015 9:05 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: W

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2015-03-21 Thread meekerdb
On 3/21/2015 12:04 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: Its all driven by cash as we all agree. The competition between the oil and nat gas producers has driven prices way down. I am guessing this is a temporary thing. Perhaps if the Gulf of Hormuz closes, prices will climb horribly, (for u

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-21 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 10:08 PM, meekerdb wrote: > On 3/21/2015 9:05 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: > > We can yap about technology but it's all out of our hands. Nuclear fission > has taken permanent hit because of its cost$. It's not safety that halted > uranium, but money. In a da

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-21 Thread meekerdb
On 3/21/2015 9:05 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: We can yap about technology but it's all out of our hands. Nuclear fission has taken permanent hit because of its cost$. It's not safety that halted uranium, but money. In a darwinian fashion, natural gas has superseded uranium, from a

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-21 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
ons of cash has tons of clout. -Original Message- From: 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List To: everything-list Sent: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 2:01 pm Subject: RE: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down From: everything-list@googlegroup

RE: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-21 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 10:44 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down On 3/20/2015 8:57 PM, '

RE: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-21 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb On 3/20/2015 9:18 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: From: On Behalf Of meekerdb On 3/20/2015 10:43 AM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List From: On Beh

RE: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-21 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:06 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down We can yap about technology but it's all o

RE: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-21 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Clark Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:56 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down On Fri, Mar 20, 2015

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2015-03-21 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> I disagree. Assuming the above is true, and it probably is, that would >> be WONDERFUL news. In a water cooled reactor, the sort that is used >> everywhere ( except for Chernobyl and oth

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2015-03-21 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
e the hill top any time soon? Will fusion ever be there? Don't know, and since I have no power to influence, don't care. -Original Message- From: John Clark To: everything-list Sent: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 11:22 am Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core co

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2015-03-21 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 7:55 PM, meekerdb wrote: > Reactors are either water cooled or air cooled. Graphite is used as a > moderator to slow the neutrons and increase fission > I know that. > not as a coolant. Slowing the neutrons is also called cooling them. > > Heavy water is used as

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-20 Thread meekerdb
*Sent:* Friday, March 20, 2015 10:32 AM *To:* everything-list@googlegroups.com <mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com> *Subject:* Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 6:20 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-20 Thread meekerdb
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down In Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List > Just in case anybody wanted to pretend that the Fukushima disaster is behind us; here is this piece of bad news, based on recent telemetry using muon de

RE: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-20 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 5:20 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down On 3/20/2015 10:43 AM, '

RE: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-20 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Clark Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 1:22 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down In Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-20 Thread meekerdb
PCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 6:20 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com>> wrote: http://www.beyondnuclear.org/japan/2015/3/19/tepco-admits-fukushima-daiichi-unit-1-core-completely

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-20 Thread meekerdb
On 3/20/2015 1:22 PM, John Clark wrote: In Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List > Just in case anybody wanted to pretend that the Fukushima disaster is behind us; here is this piece of bad news, based on recent telemetry using muon detectors for imaging the

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-20 Thread LizR
On 21 March 2015 at 09:22, John Clark wrote: > In Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List > > > Just in case anybody wanted to pretend that the Fukushima disaster is >> behind us; here is this piece of bad news, based on recent telemetry using >> muon detectors for imaging t

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-20 Thread John Clark
In Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List > Just in case anybody wanted to pretend that the Fukushima disaster is > behind us; here is this piece of bad news, based on recent telemetry using > muon detectors for imaging the reactor vessels. The core of reactor units 1 > appe

RE: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-20 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Telmo Menezes Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 10:32 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down On Fri, Mar 20

Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-20 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 6:20 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > http://www.beyondnuclear.org/japan/2015/3/19/tepco-admits-fukushima-daiichi-unit-1-core-completely-melted.html > > > > Just in case anybody wanted to pretend that the Fukushima d

RE: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted down

2015-03-20 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
http://www.beyondnuclear.org/japan/2015/3/19/tepco-admits-fukushima-daiichi-unit-1-core-completely-melted.html Just in case anybody wanted to pretend that the Fukushima disaster is behind us; here is this piece of bad news, based on recent telemetry using muon detectors for imaging the reacto