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Three Mile Island nuclear reactor shuts down unexpectedly.

It was mutants. They must have thrashed the place again. Darn mutants.
 
Facility experiences minor technical difficulty. Equipment responds as intended.

News at 11.
 
Deuce said:
Facility experiences minor technical difficulty. Equipment responds as intended.

News at 11.
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News at 11 because...

Facility had more major issue before, and we (the media) await further disaster in panting anticipation.


Nature of media, I suppose.
 
The Mark said:
News at 11 because...

Facility had more major issue before, and we (the media) await further disaster in panting anticipation.


Nature of media, I suppose.
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Mhmm, so you're fearmongering
 
The Mark said:
News at 11 because...

Facility had more major issue before, and we (the media) await further disaster in panting anticipation.


Nature of media, I suppose.
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The previous "disaster" involved zero deaths.
 
The way a Thorium nuclear pebble-bed plant is designed, it cannot meltdown. It will just stop running. I'd prefer that people get a clear head about nuclear and consider Thorium nuclear as a good answer for energy needs. Then again, we might still get stories like, "Thorium nuclear plant functions as designed, news at 11" but at least there would no "valid fear" of impending disaster.
 
In other news, Terry Schiavo is still dead....and so is her father.
 
I heard somewhere that all the nuclear waste ever created by the US would fit into a room smaller than the size of a high school gym.
 
Fisher said:
I heard somewhere that all the nuclear waste ever created by the US would fit into a room smaller than the size of a high school gym.
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I heard that from The History Channels Modern Marvel's episode on nuclear power. I believe it was one of the trivia questions between commercial brakes.
 
Jerry said:
I heard that from The History Channels Modern Marvel's episode on nuclear power. I believe it was one of the trivia questions between commercial brakes.
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I think one of the GOP candidates talked about this in the 2008 election. Maybe McCain. I was surprised to hear that though given some of the stories I have heard over the years.
 
Loki97 said:
You might have a slightly different view if you were in the immediate area. I've lived most of my life within about 30 miles of TMI. There are numerous families here with a veritable plague of cancers that seem to have originated after the incident. After seeing the progression of lies that were told about the extent of the Fukushima disaster until it was literally impossible to conceal the truth, I have less than zero faith in official accounts or reassurances. One of the worst aspects of TMI and its nearby neighbor Peach Bottom is that a catastrophic failure would travel straight down the Susquehanna and devastate the Chesapeake Bay.I think the consensus is that nuclear power in its current state just isn't worth the risk.
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You live in a radioactive world.

And will your whole life.

TMI gave you 1/10,000 th your yearly dose if you stood on the TMI fence during the "accident".

Fuku is much worse yes because ACTUAL non-noble gas products got out. At TMI, this is al l that got out.

here, read this, I am not responsible if you panic and die.........LMAO.

Background radiation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
spud_meister said:
Yes, and it will fail and go into full meltdown as easily as the Fukushima one did. Y'know, after a huge earthquake and giant tsunami.
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No they are different reactor designs.

you will note the failed back up generator locations as one difference from Japan to USA.

Also the Fuku site was a tall cliff to start with. Immune to waves. They cut it down to sea level to make construciton easyer.........
 
Middleground said:
It's called Debate Politics, but funny enough, it talks about sports, entertainment and cooking to name a few other things. It even has a place where you can have a beer. So what is your beef again?
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So bring me a Shiner Bock. :mrgreen:
 
They should build all future nuclear reactors under water parks. That way, if the pumps shut down we can just pull the plug out of the wave pool and let it take care of everything. Man, I'm brilliant sometimes.
 
Fisher said:
They should build all future nuclear reactors under water parks. That way, if the pumps shut down we can just pull the plug out of the wave pool and let it take care of everything. Man, I'm brilliant sometimes.
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I can see water park attendance dropping dramatically, if we follow your plan.

:2razz:

Because, like it or not, people are kinda afraid of nuclear power plants. Whether it’s actually worth being afraid of or not.


Build a massive nuclear power station in the middle of a desert (like, somewhere in the Midwest?) and upgrade our entire power grid so that the power can be transmitted with less loss.

I mean, few people like living in a desert, so there’s that problem gone. And you’re less likely to get tsunamis there…:mrgreen:
 
..and if the reactor blows up in the desert, we get a free funky giant blown glass art piece. Could work if you can find someone willing to live in the middle of the desert to run it other than those granola people living in kit houses because they tend to be anti-nuke and don't seem to have much of a work ethic not centered around art and pot.
 
clownboy said:
Okay, I'm onboard with building more of these dangers - one codecil. Supporters and owners of these nightmares to come and their families must live, shop and attend school within one mile of the plants they build.
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You couldn't really put all the houses, schools, and shops within a 1 mile radius of a nuclear power plant.
 
Fisher said:
..and if the reactor blows up in the desert, we get a free funky giant blown glass art piece. Could work if you can find someone willing to live in the middle of the desert to run it other than those granola people living in kit houses because they tend to be anti-nuke and don't seem to have much of a work ethic not centered around art and pot.
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They'll leave when we build the plant then, probably.
 
The funny thing is somebody on this board on another thread, and I forget who, actually advocated for nuclear power as part of the green energy industrialization of America. I am pretty sure there are no more diametrically opposed ideas than that. I really do not have a problem with it as long as we site select to minimize Mother Nature throwing whammies at our plants as much as possible.
 
Fisher said:
The funny thing is somebody on this board on another thread, and I forget who, actually advocated for nuclear power as part of the green energy industrialization of America. I am pretty sure there are no more diametrically opposed ideas than that. I really do not have a problem with it as long as we site select to minimize Mother Nature throwing whammies at our plants as much as possible.
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Nuclear energy is currently the cleanest, safest form of highly aggregative energy production we have.
 
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