Re: [Vo]:Putting the nuclear debate into perspective

2012-01-28 Thread Yamali Yamali
Sorry - answered to the wrong mail at first. > the standby diesel generators depend upon the grid They don't. The whole point about diesel backup power is that the grid might be unavailable. Fukujima happened because the diesels were damaged (strange idea, in hindsight, to place them so close

RE: [Vo]:Putting the nuclear debate into perspective

2012-01-27 Thread Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
/wiki/Palo_Verde_Nuclear_Generating_Station -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 3:34 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Putting the nuclear debate into perspective OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: What the Fuku

Re: [Vo]:Putting the nuclear debate into perspective

2012-01-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: > What the Fukushima disaster appears to have taught us in huge spades > is the fact that locating nuclear plants where both earthquakes and > tsunamis will occur on a regular basis is a really, really, REALLY bad > idea. The lesson learned: DON'T do it! I wa

RE: [Vo]:Putting the nuclear debate into perspective

2012-01-27 Thread Mark Goldes
There is an unrecognized potential nuclear nightmare. We just experienced the strongest solar storm since 2003. Fortunately, it only struck our geomagnetic field a glancing blow. Has it hit directly, it could have brought down power grids for very long periods of time. A nuclear plant without gri