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A total lack of failure-mode analysis and thinking-through, basically. Apparently more backup generators had been added further up the hill, out of reach of the tsunami, but the switchgear that allowed them to be connected into the system was still down with the original ones in the basement. Doh.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
I think all power stations require outside power to startup/shut down, as it takes quite a bit of power to get things going and then stopped again, with them only producing usable power under quite a specific set of conditions.
From what I remember from my tour of Torness several years ago, there's a generator capable of powering the entire site located at each corner of the site, and then should something really go wrong, there's enough gas/chemicals on site to freeze the core for quite some time. I could always ask my uncle, since he used to be chief engineer there.
In other news, there are plans to put a massive solar plant in the exclusion zone. It gets good sunshine, and the land is going to much use for anything else for a very long time so seems ideal.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/12/solar-power-to-rise-from-chernobyls-nuclear-ashes
Next stop Fukishima?
yeah, on an immediate level it's sad when a person dies, etc. poor us. but in the grander scheme of 'what is good for the planet', i often think the human species is overstaying its welcome. that we are basically too fucked up and violent and selfish as a species to deserve to be around anymore. nice individuals exists, but our cumulative effect is generally negative.
if i was an animal at threat of extinction because of human selfishness i would be willng the whole race to die out as soon as possible.
Because we buy Japanese. That's why,
Discuss.........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Fukushima_and_Chernobyl_nuclear_accidents
I was living in Germany at the time. We where not allowed out into the school grounds for weeks (all the top soil was dug up and taken away). Our physics teacher showed us how a Geiger counter worked with a real life example.
I nearly missed this, it is on iPlayer until 11pm tomorrow (Thu 22 Feb), but inevitably will be repeated again sometime if you miss out.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b065x080/britains-nuclear-secrets-inside-sellafield
runs out tonight type bump >-)
I've just finished watching it, and it was interesting to see a bit about the history, what it does now, and the future.
i had barely started school when chernobyl blew its top so i have no personal memories of it at all, but it looks scary as fuck in the contemporary news footage & documentaries.
i also feel sorrow & sympathy for the poor russian plant workers, soldiers & volunteers, who risked certain radiation poisoning & long term health probs to go into the hot site to clear up, so as to minimise the amount of toxic stuff exposed to the atmosphere. brave & heroic people.
fukushima daiichi is the big nuke power plant disaster in my memory. another that, purely by luck & not human judgement, could have been a thousand times worse than it was.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cheryl-bump-crop.jpg?strip=all&w=472
Where is the old 'face palm' button when you need it ?
aah this will have to do...
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