[TheForge] now Japanese nuke plants OT: POL:

[David E. Smucker]

We will forever second guess this design in Japan.  I have had my share of 
major problems with heavy electrical equipment from GE so they are not on my 
OK list.  In fact we came to say that GE stood for Go Elsewhere.

It was all about capital cost -- or these units could have been built below 
sea level and easy to flood (and destroy) with sea water.  I raise a basic 
question here -- why not build all nuke plants below ground -- other than 
capital cost?

Dave

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From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:42 PM
To: "theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] now Japanese nuke plants OT: POL:

> When I was in High school they built a nuke near where we lived.  Part of
> the safty for the plant was they put in a lake so that if there was a
> problem they could flood the core, by opening valves on the dam.  It kind 
> of
> surprises me that so many of the new nukes rely on pumps for their 
> emergency
> cooling.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
>
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