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To: bert

Mismanagement and idiocy can easily cause a single event to destroy multiple turbine generator sets. Doesn’t have to be the computer controls - and remember that most of the competent people have already fled.

Russia recently had a mechanical failure in a single turbine that took out the entire station’s power output: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Sayano%E2%80%93Shushenskaya_power_station_accident


59 posted on 03/11/2019 3:37:33 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

That’s uh, impressive!

I’m still trying to imagine watching the turbine rotor, still spinning, trying to become a helicopter!


103 posted on 03/13/2019 8:24:40 AM PDT by Paul R. (uent)
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