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UPDATE 1-US did not deliver coolant to Japan nuclear reactor
Reuters ^ | 03/11/11

Posted on 03/11/2011 3:46:25 PM PST by KevinDavis

(Reuters) - The U.S. military did not provide any coolant for a Japanese nuclear plant affected by a massive earthquake on Friday, U.S. officials said.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton earlier had said that U.S. Air Force "assets" had delivered "some really important coolant" to a Japanese nuclear power plant.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bwr; earthquake; fukushima; hillary; japan; japanearthquake; nuclearpower; soshillary
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To: ScreamingFist

Like they don’t have generators in Japan?

What a crock.


61 posted on 03/11/2011 5:28:16 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Half the people are below average.)
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To: bcr100

i don’t think even the Lib media has gone so far as to proclaim Pelosi a genius. Which should tell you something.


62 posted on 03/11/2011 5:29:38 PM PST by ponygirl
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To: KevinDavis

Depends what the meaning of “delivered” is.


63 posted on 03/11/2011 5:39:05 PM PST by Dr. Sheldon Cooper (Incidentally, one can get beaten up in school simply by referring to oneself as one.)
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To: KevinDavis

Probably still pissed over Hiroshima too ...


64 posted on 03/11/2011 5:50:06 PM PST by TXConservative25
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To: Hot Tabasco

“The Japanese physics guy on GMA this morning said that it was a failure of the back up system to release coolant water whose sole purpose is to absorb the heat from the reactor.....

There is no magical chemical used, just plain old water - H2o. The stuff fish swim in and the stuff that falls from the sky just when you start your annual family picnic.......... “

Indeed, nuclear power plant cooling is a function of those giant concrete cooling towers you see as part of the plants. They operate on exactly the same principle as home evaporation coolers, namely they rely on the tremendous latent heat of evaporation contained in water. The whole thing is quite simply, involving some really gigantic fans, some sprayers, and some big pumps.

Evaporative consumption for a typical nuclear power plant is about 14,000,000 gallons a day (if my research is correct). However, most of that would be to condense and recover spent steam from the generators. However, the amount of cooling just to carry away the residual heat of an “idle” reactor core would be much, much less.

The problem with the Japanese plants right now is that there is no power to run the evaporative cooling fans and pumps. Clearly an idle plant itself can’t produce the needed power, so backup generators are built into the system for that purpose. But apparently those have failed; presumably they’ve been flooded.

So the problem is not a lack of “coolant”, namely plain ol’ water, but it is a lack of electricity to operate the cooling towers. What the plants need are replacement backup generators, but these things can be the size of a train locomotives, and it would be pretty difficult to patch in a spare, even if the right spare can be found and delivered.

Bottom line is that Hillary Clinton is clueless idiot, a complete ignoramus, and has absolutely no idea in the world about what she is talking about. Not only does she not know what “very important coolant” is (namely water), she was even wrong about the face that some “coolant” was supposedly “being delivered”.


65 posted on 03/11/2011 6:00:39 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Made from the right stuff!)
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To: KevinDavis

66 posted on 03/11/2011 6:11:45 PM PST by jaz.357 (Drink triple, see double, act single.)
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To: KevinDavis

Seeing as how the most commonly used coolant for a nuclear reactor is WATER, why would we need to deliver to Japan?

They’re surrounded by it.

Hillary was just running her mouth.

Sheesh.


67 posted on 03/11/2011 6:16:51 PM PST by Jedidah
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To: KevinDavis

Well the Japanese surely knew the danger. Why would they turn it down? Or did we think it too dangerous to go in?


68 posted on 03/11/2011 6:34:03 PM PST by tutstar
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To: BluH2o
Coolant that nuclear reactors use is not lying around stockpiled for emergencies by the U.S. anywhere close to Japan. Guam possibly but unlikely.

Uh, actually it is lying around most of the earth. Reactor coolant is water. If you want your reactor to last, you should put deionized water in it.

If you want to prevent a melt down, you can use seawater!

69 posted on 03/11/2011 6:53:12 PM PST by OA5599
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To: KevinDavis

Standard Clinton tactic: Lie. I was going to suggest lying was an alternative, but that’s not how they operate.


70 posted on 03/11/2011 6:57:18 PM PST by PLMerite (Thanks for fixing the clock.)
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To: KevinDavis
The shoes don't lie. These toes HURT!

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71 posted on 03/11/2011 6:59:33 PM PST by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: Bullfrogg
Who...me or her? Don't get me wrong, I've been called a horse's ass many times before, but usually by Leftists and ex-girlfriends.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

72 posted on 03/11/2011 7:10:45 PM PST by wku man (Still holding my breath, but exhaling a bit after Nov. 2...)
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To: vox_freedom
Gee. How presidential. I'm so proud.

Not.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

73 posted on 03/11/2011 7:13:19 PM PST by wku man (Still holding my breath, but exhaling a bit after Nov. 2...)
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To: KevinDavis

I was wondering when I saw that remark earlier today. They just don’t have this stuff laying around for quick delivery.


74 posted on 03/11/2011 7:31:01 PM PST by Hamilcar_Barca
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To: KevinDavis
Yet some people here think that she would have been a better president than the current doofus.

Yes she would. If Obama was told the japanese reactor had problems with coolant supply, he would have sent them a dozen bottles of the White House Honey Ale.

75 posted on 03/11/2011 11:32:14 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it -Voltaire)
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To: EGPWS
That's okay as long as she is monitoring the situation and is deeply concerned

..and making an "assessment"

76 posted on 03/12/2011 3:02:38 AM PST by spokeshave (WTF....the only thing 0bambi's investments will get us is a bullet train to bankruptcy.)
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To: El Cid
The Secretary of State was just wrong (again)?

How about they feel no compunction whatsoever about lying to the world?

77 posted on 03/12/2011 3:12:44 AM PST by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: raybbr
You can't blame the SOS, it appears she was just coming out of the anesthesia from her latest face lift.
78 posted on 03/12/2011 5:34:37 AM PST by DAC21
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To: Red Badger
In the summertime, I always go swimming in the large body of nuclear reactor coolant out near the Superstition Mountains Wilderness area. Sometimes I catch some white bass there too.

Hillary, plant coolant is just WATER you freaking idiot!

I don't know if I fear nuclear plant explosions or STUPID Government bureaucrats more - I think it's a toss up.

79 posted on 03/12/2011 5:43:39 AM PST by atc23
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To: wku man

her.......LOL and still laughing.....LOL


80 posted on 03/12/2011 12:23:09 PM PST by Bullfrogg (American by birth, Irish by heritage, and hellraiser by choice)
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