Power demand surges

[Hindsight]

Who remembers this taking place.

Short news clip here

Longer more detailed explanation here.

 

[Sid]

I don't think their nuclear safety is being cut due to the sheer energy consumption in the USA. In fact, I would venture that much of their energy consumption is not related to electricity directly.

Which ever way you look at it, it makes the fact they have two thirds of nuclear incidents in the world even worse!

 

[robs1]

So far.

The incident level to MW output is the key.

30 a year I would not call minor!

Depends what they were, would have been five minutes from disaster or as simple as not wearing a hard hat.

 

[Sid]

Depends what they were, would have been five minutes from disaster or as simple as not wearing a hard hat.

I doubt very much it's not wearing a hard hat.

If you think it's that you are deluded!

 

[robs1]

I doubt very much it's not wearing a hard hat.

If you think it's that you are deluded!

Does it list all 150 problems ?
I'm sure there were a few serious ones but nothing bad happened so it shows the system works, of course one day it wont and there will be small accident, how many drivers get killed on the roads round the world each year ? Sometimes a risk reward balance has to be achieved and what alternatives are available to nuclear that are any better ?

 

[Sid]

Does it list all 150 problems ?
I'm sure there were a few serious ones but nothing bad happened so it shows the system works, of course one day it wont and there will be small accident, how many drivers get killed on the roads round the world each year ? Sometimes a risk reward balance has to be achieved and what alternatives are available to nuclear that are any better ?

"defined as incidents that either resulted in the loss of human life or more than US$50,000 of property damage"

Bloody expensive hard hats!

I suggest you do some research before defending "lack of maintenance "
"Substandard work"
"Unchecked leaking valve"

All preventable. Corners well and truly cut!

 

[Exfarmer]

Actually according to Wikipedia two thirds of all incidents have occurred in the US.
And Nuclear only accounts for 20% of output

That is a shocking statistics

The danger of statistics. How many accidents are reported.
The Russians tried to cover up Chernobyl until the Swedes picked up the fall out
Do you think the Chinese would ever admit to an accident?

 

[mwj]

I live within 20 miles of one of those horrible reactors and feel quite safe.

 

[czechmate]

I live within 20 miles of one of those horrible reactors and feel quite safe.

we are about the same.
Mind, we do think, if one is going to go REALLY wrong; then the closer you are the better

 

[Sid]

I live within 20 miles of one of those horrible reactors and feel quite safe.

Interesting conversation with NIMBY on wind turbine planning.

They didn't know they were 35 miles from a nuclear power station, even if its upwind.