Exactly what is wrong with what I said? I can’t see what you’re responding to, FR is acting up apparently.
This is what you had written:
“I think the steam tubes experiencing failure are on the reactor side of the plant so a leak or catastrophic failure would be bad.”
I just thought that statement displayed a lack of understanding of how a steam generator works. The tubes separate the reactor coolant side from the steam side.
It’s like saying, “I think the hole in can of Coke is on the soda side.”
I went to the news site and cringed at the comments. Then I started reading the FR comments and became even more frustrated.
Your earlier comment about “being sure” the plant has enough energy to desalinize the once-through cooling water is an example of people commenting on subjects they know nothing about. It’s very frustrating.
I mean, you openly wondered why the plant doesn’t boil their cooling water before use!
The nuke plant in the article has a minor leak on a system that has nothing to do with the reactor plant, and people are going nuts over it.
When this same system leaks at a conventional plant (which
is likely leaking at most steam plants right now) does it make the news? Do commenters wonder if we’re getting coal dust or bunker oil into our drinking water?
This shouldn’t be in the news.