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Ty Gwyn
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 Posted: Thu Apr 12, 12 10:36 pm Post subject: Rosatom s offer to build the new reactors. |
 
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Rosatom the builders of Chernobyl have offered assistance to build the new reactors at Anglesey and Gloucestershire,since the German companies have pulled out.
Bearing in mind,its only a few weeks back,the last farm in Snowdonia had the all clear after the radiation fall out from Chernobyl.
Do we have confidence in a company like this?
Also recently ,the prize of 1million has come back on the table for a carbon capture program for clean coal technology,bearing in mind,in the next 5yrs,8 coal fired power stations are coming to the end of their lives,and the time scale to build a Nuclear reactor is way beyond that,and the output of wind power is a spit in the ocean,
Do you think of the big boys in power,that the penny has finally dropped,that the destruction of the coal industry in the 80s/90s has put us in this position,and the thought of the lights going out,is getting to close. |
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jema
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dpack
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the legacy of the soviet programmes is huge ,they cant tidy their own stuff ,fox henhouse etc .the hns of russian nuke activities has a historical record second to none .
russian commercial activity is controlled in a way that puts the mafia into division 4 ,it dosnt get reported much cos journos get shot enemies filled with polonium210 or a carbomb surprise
from the rosebud episode
Joey Ramone: I'd just like to say this gig sucks.
Johnny Ramone: Hey, up yours Springfield. One, two, three, four!
Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday Burnsy.
The Ramones: Happy birthday to you!
C.J. Ramone: Go to Hell you old bastard.
Marky Ramone: Hey, I think they liked us!
Mr. Burns: Have the Rolling Stones killed.
Smithers: But sir, those aren't--
Mr. Burns: Do as I say!
ummm spooky |
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vegplot
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dpack
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| jema wrote: |
As I understand it Chernobyl was much more of a management failure than a plant failure.
e.g. if you do systematically turn off just about every safety feature, and then recreate a meltdown scenario, then you get what you ask for  |
the big pop was not the only major incident with that type of reactor ,one af its siblings had a partial meltdown a few years before but got patched up ,another one of very similar design had caught fire ,but not too badly ,in cumbria long before those were built ,so was it wise ?.yes cos that type of boiler makes a fair bit of plutonium as the graphite is quite good at moderating neutrons even if it has a habit of catching fire
design was a problem but group stupidity helped a lot with the "safety test" at Chernobyl
this technology is very dangeroos even at best ,it has a legacy that is not addressed ,until that legacy is sorted it would be daft to add to it |
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