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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 02:56 PM Original message |
Fire at Florida Nuclear Power Plant Causes Minor Leak; No Damage to Reacto |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. move along, nothing to see here |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. that would be |
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ZR2 (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. A coolant leak on a transformer could happen at any power plant |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yes, but it makes a juicy headline. Totally misleading, but juicy. |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. very true, but what happens when a coal plant overheats? a nuclear plant? |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Actually, a coal plant that burned to the ground would release |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. the leak was in the transformer, it wasn't the reactor cooling loop. |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. As I understand it, its 10s of thousands of volts... |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. No conspiracy, just don't like living next to a nuclear power plant |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. would you prefer to live next to a coal fire plant? |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. goodness people, I don't like any of them... hello? |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. what is electromagnetic power? |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. its a new idea dealing with getting energy from places on the earth surfac |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. how far is "well on its way"? |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 04:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. "well on its way" means it is trying |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. And France is also the largest net exporter of energy in all of Europe |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. France imports all its uranium, primarily its former colonies in Africa |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. actually, the French nukes failed during the heatwave. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Uh oh. |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. is there going to be a cover-up of the real dangers we might be exposed to |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. oh brother... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Jeb jeb--Jr will be on your case now!! |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. Transformer Fire? |
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insane_cratic_gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. Industrial fire recently |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. Hope they didn't use the "gold standard" test for radiation leaks. |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. Sounds like the plants safety features (shielding, sprinklers) |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Well, you're certainly trusting of the plant's spokesmen |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. ok, I suspect very much that there will be an inspection after this |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. A LOT of things are investigated |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 04:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I knew that was coming... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 04:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Elections are different from hurricane relief, too |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 04:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Then check back in a few months |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Well, I'd expect to know about a lot of things |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Oh, I don't know. In Texas, we don't hear much about trouble, |
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