|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Topic Forums » Environment/Energy |
bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:53 PM Original message |
TEPCO says reactor #1 is 715-735 Fahrenheit |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Liars! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No, it's under 100 degrees, I read it right here. nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Nope. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Well, people here were claiming the reactors were running at only 1% thermal output.. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. You've confused "thermal output" and "temperature". |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I don't think I'm the one that's confused. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Once again... "heat" and "temperature" are not the same thing. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. You should read through the thread I linked to. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Sigh. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. U-235 constantly spontaneously fissions. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. he thinks he's a Nuclear Expert. I'm surprised we haven't seen him on CNN. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. He's said about ten things now... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I majored in the subject GGM. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. I seriously doubt that. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. That's ok. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. That's just it. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Did you read your original post in this chain? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. It's not like you're getting heat transfer from some other energy source. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. There's another one for you. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Decay causes reactions.. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. One time out of 15 billion in the uranium we were discussing. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. You still don't seem to understand. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Nope. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. I'm talking about the thread I linked to earlier.. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. I feel like we got somewhere here. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
78. Oh, and for the record.. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. For the record... No... You're still dead wrong. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I like that you keep kicking this thread. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Lol. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing GGM. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. No, the fission did not end. Where do you guys come up with this stuff? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. It's simple physics. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Guess you didn't make it to the end. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. That's the first few seconds. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I'm not the one who didn't know the difference between fission and critical reaction.. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. There's a whole list of things that you didn't know |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. You clearly have an agenda.. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Yep. In this case it's helping people out of unnecessary ignorance. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 04:36 AM Response to Reply #54 |
75. I think you are still missing big pieces of the puzzle. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:11 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Aw gee... I appreciate you trying to keep it simple. Allow me to reciprocate. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. You are a lost cause. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. I'd imagine so |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Says the man who: |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. How many uranium atoms are in the cores? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. You really think it matters? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Yes, all of those things matter. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Sigh. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Well, at least you learned about spontaneous fission. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Wrong. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. How often that happens depends on how the uranium is configured. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Oh lordy... it never stops. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Well, it was way before my time.. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:01 AM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Depends upon how the Uranium is configured? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Frodo, those are external reactor temperatures |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. External to the core vessel, not to the building. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. right. external to the core, not internal to the core. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's an increase from earlier today, No. 1 is in trouble, they weren't watching |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Partial meltdown - and the possibility of recriticality and pressure lock |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. The previous discussion |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Thanks for the reminder, Gundersen is probably correct on the high temps |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Likewise the nuclear supporters here. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Strangely many of the experts on CNN and MSNBC |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Clarify what it means to run at 302C, ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. That's normal operations |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Do you mean normal for an operating Nuke or normal for a cold shutdown Nuke? nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. snap |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Normal for an operating nuke. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. If 302 is normal for when no control rods are inserted to stop the reaction, ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Nope. Really very little reason for concern there. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. So until the decay stops, venting steam is the only recourse, ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yes... but less and less frequently. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. do you really think these things are cooling down? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Cooling down? No. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. if they can't release steam, how do they relieve pressure? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Who said they can't release steam? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Reactor #1 might be the least of the problems, Work stopped at # 2, 500 millisieverts/hr at plant. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I think it probably IS the least of their problems. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Temperature isn't thermal output. Thermal output isn't temperature. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. OK, so you evacuate the workers, ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. The steam is mostly volatile isotopes. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. Thank you for the info, n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
57. Reactor 1 is over 400-degrees Celsius. Rising fast 11:51pm EST |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. So it is up 10 degrees celsius in three hours, ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Fri May 10th 2024, 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Topic Forums » Environment/Energy |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC