1 posted on
03/16/2011 3:36:51 AM PDT by
tobyhill
To: tobyhill
A caller to Limbaugh yesterday, who claimed some familiarity with the original design and sale, said that the reactors were built to Japanese specifications and thus the responsibility lies with them. The reactors had originally been scheduled for decommissioning this year — but that had been put off.
2 posted on
03/16/2011 3:44:54 AM PDT by
BfloGuy
To: tobyhill; BfloGuy
Something else the caller to Rush yesterday pointed out was that the reactors took a hit by a much more powerful earthquake than the specs called for them to be able to withstand and didn't fail until the tsunami, which was also much bigger than the Japanese civil authorities planned for. As far as the safety of nuclear power and earthquakes goes, the reactors operated just fine.
So, Joe Lieberman, Barry O, and related anti-nuke freaks, just bite it.
3 posted on
03/16/2011 3:49:29 AM PDT by
aruanan
To: tobyhill
Regulators in the 1960s and 1970s expressed concern the containment vessel would probably burst, spewing dangerous radiation, if the cooling systems ever failed. Stay classy Fox.
4 posted on
03/16/2011 3:49:36 AM PDT by
newzjunkey
(Obama, dribbling ditherer-in-chief until Fri, Jan. 20, 2017.)
To: tobyhill
Gotta get the lawsuits ready
5 posted on
03/16/2011 3:49:56 AM PDT by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: tobyhill
Thank God Immelt and Obummer will still be able to be rich and play golf without any ethical questions hanging over their communist heads. Gee, I’m relieved! They are both such nice guys.
8 posted on
03/16/2011 3:56:21 AM PDT by
Doc Savage
("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
To: tobyhill
At what point will Obama throw GE under the bus?
12 posted on
03/16/2011 4:08:22 AM PDT by
Hoodat
(Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
To: tobyhill
It is unfair to hold liable an entity whose product failed after an earthquake, a tsunami, and a systemic power failure. The utilities whose grid failed have vastly more responsibility for failure to require on site generation capability for those facilities than GE.
We call them diesel generators. I worked in a facility that had one system with three units that was bigger than a a box car. It had capacity to run the buildings necessary operations for a week without external power.
14 posted on
03/16/2011 4:20:59 AM PDT by
mmercier
To: tobyhill
15 posted on
03/16/2011 4:22:18 AM PDT by
fightinJAG
(I am sick of ppl adding comments to titles in the title box. Thank you.)
To: tobyhill
This is silly, the design has worked marvelously.
33 posted on
03/16/2011 5:24:44 AM PDT by
Paradox
(Matthews has the emotional equilibrium of a pregnant, gambling chihuahua on meth.)
To: tobyhill
The parenthetical editorial comment in the title is wrong, and is inflammatory.
The specification for the plant did not include an earthquake of this magnitude. Further, I have seen no credible allegation that the plant did not meet its specification.
We need to deal in facts, not emotion and innuendo.
34 posted on
03/16/2011 5:28:59 AM PDT by
MortMan
(What disease did cured ham used to have?)
To: tobyhill
42 posted on
03/16/2011 6:11:56 AM PDT by
mewzilla
(Were members of both political parties in on the Lockerbie bomber deal?)
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