Reply #23: Good response list

[divvy]

Here are things that a good response to the crisis would have. I am not saying it is or isn't happening. I don't know. 1) there should be 6 response teams, not one team for 6 plants... 2) there should be an army of engineers brainstorming to support the operators onsite... 3) the teams should have a plan and timeline for restoring each plant to a safe shutdown condition... 4) the plant designers such as GE and/or Toshiba should have been asked or paid to form an emergency response team and provide advice... 5) each system at the plant should be reviewed to determine whether or not it is needed to safely operate the plant to safe shutdown (the fuel pool fire problem should have been anticipated and prevented) and a plan in place to restore it, if necessary.... 6) work crews from these and unstricken plants should be cycled through this site to prevent lethal exposures... 7) this site will not be normal until AC power is restored... There should be bulldozers and whatever is needed working on just that! Airlift generators... Put up a transmission line... Whatever... More power! I wish I could see more of these things being done. Maybe it is, but I am not hearing them talk about it. I am also not seeing the response to an uncovered core that I was trained to do. I don't know if what they are doing is better, or not. Maybe here is a good reason for he discrepancy. It wasn't what I was taught and that concerns me... If they can keep the core covered, fine... but if not, I don't know. These hydrogen explosions are a bad sign that the fuel is in bad shape now. Each explosion is a risk of damage to remaining safety equipment and barriers. Just some random thoughts... 40 Rem/hr? If memory serves me, 300 Rem is potentially lethal. 200 Rem and you may have radiation sickness.