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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 11:18 AM Original message |
What are the odds? US nuke plants ranked by quake risk |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. I guess Japan won the Powerball. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. Is an earthquake the only thing that might cause catastrophic failure? |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Four assholes and an airplane |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yep, that counts. But what about other "natural" events? |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Oh, I think you're spot on in your concerns about hurricanes and tornados |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. No need to worry there, back in the 70's we were assured that |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The generators ran fine for an hour before being destroyed by the Tsunami. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Placement of the failed generators wasn't exactly brilliant. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Oh no arguments there. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The situation would be so much different, if those generators... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Nope they are all "cold and stable". 100 Celsius and 1 atmosphere of pressure. |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. My state (Pennsylvania) has THREE of the top 10. And TMI isn't even the highest on the list! |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Reminds me of once when we were looking at properties in PA |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Wow ... speak of the devil ... an investigation of the closest nuke to me has been done ... |
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