1. TMI was a non-disaster disaster.
2. Chernobyl was a major Commie screwup, inherently unsafe design.
3. Japaneese reactors survived way past design specs for containment failure.
Ultimate failure was due to failure of backup cooling system due to loss of electricity
No “partial meltdown” at TMI. Stopped reading right there. Some steam was released and it was clean.
No “partial meltdown” at TMI. Stopped reading right there. Some steam was released and it was clean.
Also, keep n mind that Fukushima reactors were first generation design and were scheduled for decommissioning.
Current reactor designs (pebble bed, Thorium cycle) are inherently safe).
I wonder what Germany is going to use to make up the power loss from the shutdown of their reactors?
There will always be unanticipated failures. Engineering is a process, in part, of learning from mistakes.
“3. Japaneese reactors survived way past design specs for containment failure.
Ultimate failure was due to failure of backup cooling system due to loss of electricity”
And as far as I know there have been no deaths directly attributable to the nuclear plants vs the thousands from the earthquake and tsunami. Yet, all the attention and emphasis is on the nuclear plants, as though it was the nuclear reactors that caused all the devastation.
Humans are not logical creatures.