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dronestar
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Message 27 of 41 (708005)
10-03-2013 12:01 PM


mushroom jellyfish cloud?
So in addition to:
Nuclear power plants shouldn’t be built near populous zones. They are.
Nuclear Powerplants shouldn’t be placed on fault zones. They are.
Nuclear Powerplants shouldn’t be placed near tsunami risk-areas. They are.
Nuclear Powerplants should be held to high safety regulations and strict monitoring. They aren’t.
Nuclear Powerplants should have adequate safety backups. They don’t.
Nuclear Powerplants should NOT be operated with known design flaws. They are.
Nuclear Powerplants should not store spent fuel rods in non-reinforced, un-secure pools. They are.
Nuclear powerplants can be prone to terrorists
Operating nuclear powerplants are prone to incompetence,
Operating over-sized nuclear powerplants are prone to sheer greed,
. . . nuclear powerplants are ALSO susceptible to . . . jellyfish?
quote:
Jellyfish wave shuts down Swedish nuke reactor
Large Swedish nuclear reactor forced to shut down after huge jellyfish wave clogs water pipes
Operators of the Oskarshamn nuclear plant in southeastern Sweden had to scramble reactor number three on Sunday after tons of jellyfish clogged the pipes that bring in cool water to the plant's turbines.
Jellyfish wave shuts down Swedish nuke reactor

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dronestar
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Message 31 of 41 (708010)
10-03-2013 12:52 PM
Reply to: Message 28 by Rahvin
10-03-2013 12:30 PM


Re: mushroom jellyfish cloud?
Hey Rahvin . . .
Rahvin writes:
There are arguments to be made regarding nuclear power, dronester.
Indeed, I keep making them.
Rahvin writes:
Please do remember that the Fukushima plant didn't just up and melt down under normal operating conditions due to poor oversight or human error or "greed."
Are you kidding me?
Rahvin writes:
But a string of claims that amount to little better than suggestive lies . . .
Ahem, . . . could you please tell me which claims are lies? Be specific:
Nuclear power plants shouldn’t be built near populous zones. They are.
Nuclear Powerplants shouldn’t be placed on fault zones. They are.
Nuclear Powerplants shouldn’t be placed near tsunami risk-areas. They are.
Nuclear Powerplants should be held to high safety regulations and strict monitoring. They aren’t.
Nuclear Powerplants should have adequate safety backups. They don’t.
Nuclear Powerplants should NOT be operated with known design flaws. They are.
Nuclear Powerplants should not store spent fuel rods in non-reinforced, un-secure pools. They are.
Nuclear powerplants can be prone to terrorists
Operating nuclear powerplants are prone to incompetence,
Operating over-sized nuclear powerplants are prone to sheer greed,
(Just wondering Rahvin, you always rush to the aid of nuclear power like one of your own kids is in trouble. What's up with that? I like that your passionate though, I wish more americans cared about some things)

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dronestar
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Message 33 of 41 (708074)
10-04-2013 12:34 PM
Reply to: Message 32 by frako
10-04-2013 12:09 PM


Re: mushroom jellyfish cloud?
Frako writes:
Is it just because you cant get weapons from thorium or am i missing something?
Hmm, sounds like something I would cynically ask.
I am extremely confident that if america used the ANNUAL 1.2 TRLLION dollar military budget for energy resource research and development, we could come up with hundreds of safer and cheaper means of power. I read recently (where?) that a euro nation has developed advanced ocean wave technology. Seems to me the earth has lotsa ocean front, why can't that be developed in more places?
What am I missing? . . .
quote:
Harnessing Ocean Wave Technologies, Creating Jobs
Worldwide ocean waves provide up to 2 terawatts of instantaneous electricity (1 terrawatt equals 1 trillion watts), which is twice the electricity generating capacity currently consume on planet Earth.
Harnessing Ocean Wave Technologies, Creating Jobs | Reese Halter's Blog
And I often wondered about river power. Yes, one massive powerplant on one river couldn't generate power for the entire universe, but why not a small power plant generating power for just one small town? Multiply that design for a thousand rivers and a thousand towns?
Unfortunately, I believe micro-power-plants don't have the same massive profit potential so it is routinely put aside by global corporations and corrupt politicians.
Edited by dronester, : added WAVE link

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dronestar
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Message 35 of 41 (708082)
10-04-2013 1:18 PM
Reply to: Message 34 by New Cat's Eye
10-04-2013 1:06 PM


Re: mushroom jellyfish cloud?
Drone writes:
but why not a small power plant generating power for just one small town?
CS writes:
There's nothing stopping you from doing that.
Yes, . . . except for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, . . . I suppose so.
But since my tax money is already funding expensive and unsafe power sources, why not simply use that money for cheaper and safer energy resources?

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dronestar
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Message 40 of 41 (892261)
03-04-2022 2:35 PM
Reply to: Message 31 by dronestar
10-03-2013 12:52 PM


attack on nuclear plant . . .
Russian attack on nuclear plant was reckless, US says
As it happened: Russia continues full-scale attacks as residents trapped - BBC News
In light of the attack on Ukraine's nuclear power plant yesterday, I'd just like to write, "I told you so."
quote:
Nuclear power plants can be prone to terrorists
I hope future terrorists will not make a mental note of this easily predicted example because I would prefer not to say "I told you so" again.
Edited by dronestar, : No reason given.

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