Posted on 03/11/2011 4:36:55 PM PST by socialism_stinX
>Apparently the loss of the backup/emergency diesel generators to the tsunami left them with only 8 hours of battery-powered cooling. Not enough.
Maybe I’m oversimplifying things but why not deliver a bunch of portable generators to pump the cooling water?
Quantify "few": From what I read it is only 24-48 hours. Is three weeks "few"? Might depend upon what you're dealing with.
Did you happen to catch the caller to Mark Levin who was a nuclear engineer or scientist? It was pretty revealing. He discussed to containment units that these ones in Japan seem to have. Chernobyl didn’t have one.
Oversimplifying? AHAIK you are Square On Target, soycd!
The word “devastating” seems an understatement. I keep crying while watching as the news get worse. This is one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen.
Lord, please place your hand on the situation in Japan; let a regional or worldwide disaster be averted.
The plants are on the coast that was just decimated by the tsunami. How to get stuff there would be a logistical nightmare. It wouldn’t be just generators but the fuel to run them and other items as well. Not to mention that those kinds of materials are in high demand in a wide swath of destruction.
That’s my guess. Easier said than done.
I suspect that the pumps are running on battery power, which will inevitably run out....I think that's the problem.
Assuming you can get firetrucks to the scene, get hard suction hose to draft water, keep the intake clear of debris, and keep fuel coming to the truck. Most trucks in the US will draft about 1500 gallons per minute. I have no idea how much they would need.
WHY can’t they just pull the fuel rods from the core? Shut DOWN the reaction?
Some idiot will probably blame the earthquakes on the fracking of shale gas and oil wells in the US! They will demand an ONSHORE drilling “moratorium”, to go along with Herr Obama’s offshore drilling ban!
My guess is the tsunami filled the APU engine cylinders and crankcase with water. If they were running at the time, they may well be non salvageable due to hydro-lock.
Amen.
...And When There are Two or More Gathered in My Name...
May God Bless All of You.
Amen.
That is precisely my point. The possibility of a major problem at one of these plants is in fact remote, repeat, remote. They declare an emergency a lot quicker than they ever used to, and these evacuations are a lot more precautionary than the news reports would have you believe.
The media is playing these problems for all they are worth. I listened to a correspondent on TV today basically talk a nuclear spokesman into saying that a meltdown was possible, when clearly they are nowhere near that point.
I still caution people from buying into the “sky is falling” mode that the MSM is in.
TWITTER Nuclear power plant attempts to save plant STOPPED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upkD8OCrE9Q
JAPAN RADIATION ALERT! Thousand FLEE LEAK ZONE! It WILL follow the jet stream!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHmoEG_hEs0&feature=player_embedded
All the boron moderator will do is soak up the neutrons and stop the reaction. the heat is still
in the core and will warp it if it gets too hot. if the
control rod holes are warped scramming won’t be possible.
They could dump powdered/liquid moderator directly into
the vessel as a last resort. the people tasked with doing that would be national heros giving their lives for their
country, like the reactor watch on K-19.
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