In reply to R C Macaulay's message of Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:58:06 -0600: Hi, [snip] >Yep, Philip, > > >We have unit 3 & 4 nuke plant starting construction soon at Bay City Texas.. >part of the South Texas project. They are having their share of the problems >using a Jap design .. plus the environmental problems to overcome. > >The problem with Nukes are... >They can operate some 40-50 years and reach a point when the metal >crystallizes and become unsafe. There can be no repairs because nobody can >work to make piping and equipment replacements under such high radiation >conditions so.... >They encase the whole plant in a concrete coffin like Chernobyl for 250,000 >years.. > > That fact never gets mentioned > >Richard
you'd think they would start off building the thing underground so that burying it would be a simple matter....or better yet build it in Yucca mountain. ;) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
