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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-11 04:36 PM
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What if they beefed up the disaster-proofing on the backup generators?
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  -What if they beefed up the disaster-proofing on the backup generators? phantom power  Mar-13-11 04:36 PM   #0 
  - That has puzzled me.  Wilms   Mar-13-11 04:43 PM   #1 
  - That's my assessment too. They quake-proofed the reactors. Generators... oopsie!  phantom power   Mar-13-11 04:44 PM   #2 
  - I suspect a small bureaucratic error is one underlying cause.  kristopher   Mar-13-11 07:01 PM   #11 
     - So they correctly identified the epicenter as quake-prone but assumed a tsunami wasn't an issue?  Wilms   Mar-13-11 07:05 PM   #14 
        - I think it might have to do with...  kristopher   Mar-13-11 07:25 PM   #22 
  - Richter  Kalun D   Mar-13-11 05:08 PM   #3 
  - The quake probably wasn't any higher than that at the reactor site.  FBaggins   Mar-13-11 07:45 PM   #24 
  - New designs do not require backup pumps or generators.  pickle juice   Mar-13-11 06:14 PM   #4 
     - They have to milk the old reactors for as long as possible to get a return on the  AtheistCrusader   Mar-13-11 06:25 PM   #5 
     - Well, the problem with using a vessel to provide power is that the grid is wrecked...  pickle juice   Mar-13-11 06:41 PM   #8 
     - Connect it to the, uhm, plant?  Wilms   Mar-13-11 06:48 PM   #9 
        - Oh, well I thought he meant to supply power to the grid...however another problem is this:  pickle juice   Mar-13-11 06:56 PM   #10 
           - For the motors, 50hz vs. 60hz is no biggy.  Wilms   Mar-13-11 07:02 PM   #12 
           - Sure...all of which is probably uncertain or maybe unknown. I really don't know what kind of exces  pickle juice   Mar-13-11 07:13 PM   #18 
              - Sure. My idea to beach a nuke powered ship in front of it could go hilariously  AtheistCrusader   Mar-13-11 07:17 PM   #21 
           - Might be ok. Pretty sure our ships pump out 3 phase, 50 and 60.  AtheistCrusader   Mar-13-11 07:03 PM   #13 
     - I don't think power is the problem any longer.  kristopher   Mar-13-11 07:06 PM   #15 
     - Maybe yes, maybe no. The plants still keep losing cooling systems.  AtheistCrusader   Mar-13-11 07:09 PM   #17 
        - Things were going well at #3 until the explosion at #1 then the water stopped rising  kristopher   Mar-13-11 07:31 PM   #23 
     - It's not that simple.  PamW   Mar-13-11 07:15 PM   #19 
     - Double standard - nuclear power vis-a-vis airliners  PamW   Mar-13-11 06:27 PM   #6 
        - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-13-11 06:34 PM   #7 
        - The nuclear industry doesn't make a sympathetic victim.  kristopher   Mar-13-11 07:08 PM   #16 
           - Who comprises this amorphous "nuclear industry"?  pickle juice   Mar-13-11 07:15 PM   #20 
 

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