Re: US To Build 2 Nuclear Reactors: First in 30 yrs
 

[quote=Alvin Walton;885416]Earthquake > tsunami > flooding.

Shaking a nuke plant is a bad thing.
It will give you an orange afro and suck the paint off your house.[/quote]

BTW how did you know I had an afro.

Re: US To Build 2 Nuclear Reactors: First in 30 yrs
 

[quote=firstdown;885486]BTW how did you know I had an afro.[/quote]

We're the same person, remember?

Re: US To Build 2 Nuclear Reactors: First in 30 yrs
 

I think the real question is....who's going to be the safety inspector in sector 7 G?

[QUOTE=Alvin Walton;885460]I dont see how an aircraft in flight is comparable to a seismic event.

Activists didnt create the damage in Japan that any Joe can watch on YouTube. Thats just brutal reality

Mother nature does whatever she wants without warning.
Sometimes in a very unpredictable fashion.
Japan seriously underestimated what the earth can do.
An epicenter under a nuke plant would make any architect look like an amateur.[/QUOTE]
Look at the usgs earthquake tracker that fault is the west pacific equivalent of the San Andreas fault in California. The fukushima plant was rated for an 8.8(I believe) vs the 9.0 that occurred. Japan is not the us they cant choose to put nuclear power plants in low risk zones.

[URL]http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/static/gshap/[/URL]

Here is the probability map. Be interested to know which part of Japan matches the mid Atlantic region for seismic peace.

Re: US To Build 2 Nuclear Reactors: First in 30 yrs
 

[quote=CRedskinsRule;885537][url=http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/static/gshap/]index[/url]

Here is the probability map. Be interested to know which part of Japan matches the mid Atlantic region for seismic peace.[/quote]


the part that's in mainland china...

Re: US To Build 2 Nuclear Reactors: First in 30 yrs
 

Now that the lawsuits have started to be filed in court how many years will it take to break ground?
My guess is 6 yrs.

[URL="http://www.startribune.com/nation/139458678.html"]Groups to file federal lawsuit to block construction of 2 nuclear reactors in eastern Georgia | StarTribune.com[/URL]

Re: US To Build 2 Nuclear Reactors: First in 30 yrs
 

[quote=firstdown;886983]Now that the lawsuits have started to be filed in court how many years will it take to break ground?
My guess is 6 yrs.

[URL="http://www.startribune.com/nation/139458678.html"]Groups to file federal lawsuit to block construction of 2 nuclear reactors in eastern Georgia | StarTribune.com[/URL][/quote]

Maybe so but at the same time all the lawsuits are asking is they wait to start building until safety changes made last year after the Japan disaster get approved. I don't think it will take 6 years to get those safety changes approved.

Re: US To Build 2 Nuclear Reactors: First in 30 yrs
 

[quote=mooby;886985]Maybe so but at the same time all the lawsuits are asking is they wait to start building until safety changes made last year after the Japan disaster get approved. I don't think it will take 6 years to get those safety changes approved.[/quote]

Thats just one of the lawsuits being filed there are many more for different reasons.