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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 11:53 AM Original message |
Salem Unit 2 nuclear reactor shuts down after cooling pump failure |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. Safety systems working as designed. |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yep. FOUR TIMES IN THREE MONTHS |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Um, it didn't lose its capacity to cool reactors. |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. They had to go into a state of hot shutdown |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. The river grass didn't shut down a billion dollar plant. |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. You must not be an engineer... |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I'm not an engineer |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. kirby was responding to post 8, not to you. You & kirby agree. eom |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. how much redundancy do you have left when you're on your backup system? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. How Would We Know if the Safety Systems are Working? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. We wouldn't. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. And since when can we trust "a spokesman for the plant's operator?" |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Can you give me a reputable link for tritium being found in groundwater |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yes - and admissions of "mislead"[ing] about pipes |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Read carefully. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes, OBVIOUSLY I read that and included it for accuracy - you continue to miss the point |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You can't make sense if you don't have your facts straight. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. what's the backup if this one fails? |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, end it now. It's the filthiest, riskiest, most dangerous method |
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Blue Hen Buckeye (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. That is scary, if the place ever blows up I can kiss my butt |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. We're all in deep trouble if any of the several nuke plants around us go critical |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
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Thegonagle (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Just to clarify your terminology, "going critical" is the normal process of starting a reaction |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. And our infrastructure declines |
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Champion Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. YEEEE HAAWWWW!!!! |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. More on Salem, the second largest commercial nuke complex in the USA |
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