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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:01 PM Original message |
GE must close all Boiling Water Reactors Mk. 1 in the United States |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. The nuclear power industry is.. ermm .. very powerful. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Building more plants is different than keeping 1960s relic operational. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. ASAP = At LEAST a decade |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Primary cause here was the failure of emergency generators... |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The cooling ponds vulnerability is insolvable. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I wouldn't say insolvable. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. And that's not a Mk, 1 That was the point of 'trading it in for a new model'. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I think you misunderstood (or I misunderstood you). |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Oh right. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. With a fuel handling machine it could be done. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. GE does not own or control most of those reactors at this point |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I know that. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Tecnnically the NRC would need to issue the advisory. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. OK, But GE is out there in the public square defending the Mk. 1 |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Exactly. They have absolutely no interest in bringing down the MK I |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. I support nuclear power and I agree. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. It was my conversation with you yesterday that got me thinking. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. The worst thing about Reactor 4 is it was just shutdown like less than a month ago. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Though a lot of this makes me wince, |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. To bad this couldn't have happened to a design like ABWR or AP1000. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. That's why I will never think of a "Nuclear Reactor" the same way again. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Want to know an unpleasant reality. |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yeah right, haven't you heard, corporate personhood trumps your one vote. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Fear and National Security are a powerful combination. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:49 PM Original message |
This isn't about a vote. Heard about Madison, Wisc.? It was in the news lately. |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. Whoops I guess I forgot the |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. dumb dupe |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. This is why we never should have slowed our nuclear program in the first place. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The initial investment means the reactor must operate |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yep. There are 35 BWRs in the US. 23 of these are the General Electric Mark I Design. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
30. How does closing the plants, in your mind, empty the spent fuel pool? |
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