2011/3/16 Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com>: > > As I discussed with some friends yesterday, I think any reactors built in the > future should be situated uphill from the ocean, and downhill from a > gazillion gallon water source, like a lake or man-made reservoir, that could > gravity feed reactors for a few weeks in an emergency. It would need to be > much higher than the plant, as it takes quite a but of pressure to pump water > into a pressurized containment vessel.
"much higher" is your problem here, Joe - it would need to be probably something like at least a a mile higher if my guess of the pressure is anywhere near realistic... but I do agree that there is much still to be invented in that field... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
