Nyuck, Nyuck, Nycuk.
There are probably 7 - 3 person crews at each facility. That is 21
people. If they are replaced by robots, that means the 21 people are
expendable. Assume 6 can be absorbed in to other jobs, that means 15
would be laid off. Times 50 facilities is 750 more people out of work
from jobs that won't come back. Do the robots provide a higher level
of protection or allow safe passage into potentially contaminated
areas or is this just a money saving deal? Another case of technology
solving one problem and creating another.
At 01:44 PM 12/31/2010, you wrote:
human fire patrols : 3 man crew consisting of a fire-smeller, a
fire-spotter, and 3rd member which upon confirming the findings of the first
2 will yell "WOOP<WOOP< WOOP!!!! (now imagine 3 stooges doing it :)
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!! May we all be too busy to remember 2010!!!
Thomas
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Ron Greenman <[email protected]>wrote:
> Now here's a novel concept:
>
> Nearly Half Of Nation's Reactors Will Follow New Model For Fire Safety.
>
> The AP (12/30) reported from New Hill, North Carolina, and cites the
> Raleigh (NC) News & Observer as the source of information that "the
> Shearon Harris nuclear power plant is shifting to a new model of fire
> safety, replacing teams of human fire patrols with an automated
> fire-detection system." The Progress Energy-owned facility "is close
> to finishing the change approved by" the NRC. Moreover, "Duke Energy's
> three-reactor Oconee nuclear plant in South Carolina is expected to
> make the same switch over the next two years." The AP said NRC
> spokesman Roger Hannah said Wednesday that the two plants "were really
> pilot projects so the NRC and the industry could see how this works."
> The AP says "50 of the nation's 104 nuclear reactors...will adopt the
> new approach to fire safety," which includes "different safety
> standards based on varying risk levels throughout the plant" rather
> than "meeting a uniform fire safety standard throughout the facility."
>
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