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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Sundowner on June 29, 2012, 07:08:03 PM

Title: Seismologists warn Japan against nuclear restart
Post by: Sundowner on June 29, 2012, 07:08:03 PM

See Rule #4

Title: Re: Seismologists warn Japan against nuclear restart
Post by: icepac on June 30, 2012, 10:45:50 AM

Why warn them about restarting reactors they have no intention of restarting?

If you want the real information on fukushima on a minute to minute basis, read this 845 page thread in the physics forums.......where conspiracy theories get pounded by basic physics.

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=480200&page=845

Title: Re: Seismologists warn Japan against nuclear restart
Post by: smoe on June 30, 2012, 11:45:15 AM

Actually it's not the reactor that is vulnerable, it is the spent fuel rods that need to be cooled 24/7 for up to 20 years. If cooling stops the spent fuel rods could heat up and cause a melt down. I never considered this until I saw an episode of History Channel's: Life After People. For example, if all the nuclear plants were to melt down at once most of the planet Earth would be covered in nuclear waste dust. This probably wouldn't be good for most life on Earth.

I was for more nuclear plants in the US, but they no longer appeal to me as a feasible solution.