Sorry - answered to the wrong mail at first.
> the standby diesel generators depend upon the grid
They
don't. The whole point about diesel backup power is that the grid might
be unavailable. Fukujima happened because the diesels were damaged
(strange idea, in hindsight, to place them so close
/wiki/Palo_Verde_Nuclear_Generating_Station
-Original Message-
From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 3:34 PM
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Putting the nuclear debate into perspective
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote:
What the Fuku
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote:
> What the Fukushima disaster appears to have taught us in huge spades
> is the fact that locating nuclear plants where both earthquakes and
> tsunamis will occur on a regular basis is a really, really, REALLY bad
> idea. The lesson learned: DON'T do it! I wa
There is an unrecognized potential nuclear nightmare. We just experienced
the strongest solar storm since 2003. Fortunately, it only struck our
geomagnetic field a glancing blow. Has it hit directly, it could have brought
down power grids for very long periods of time.
A nuclear plant without gri
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