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In Reply to: Passive cooling posted by John_the_Scot on January 13, 2017 at 06:57:13:
"if Fukushima had these pumps installed, the disaster wouldn't have happened. "
Let's not forget that if the earthquake and subsequent tsunami hadn't happened (which was basically a one-in-a-billion longshot), the disaster wouldn't have happened. But I understand your point, and that seems like a good idea in hindsight. What other disasters can we predict the odds for, and how much are we willing to spend to guard against them? It's important to remember that Fukushima was ONE natural disaster at ONE facility in the entire history of nuclear power generation. (Three Mile Island and Chernobyl were both man-made screw-ups.)
Contrast that to the 200,000 people who died in the Sri Lanka tsunami on Christmas back in 2004. No nukes, no human cause, just nature doing it's thing.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Passive cooling - Inmate51 08:22:12 01/13/17 (4)
- You are wrong about the likelihood of a Tsunami in that area. - Timbo in Oz 15:23:57 01/13/17 (2)
- RE: You are wrong about the likelihood of a Tsunami in that area. - Inmate51 06:56:44 01/14/17 (1)
- The one MAJOR accident was not due simply nor solely to nature. - Timbo in Oz 09:27:34 01/14/17 (0)
- RE: Passive cooling - Awe-d-o-file 14:04:35 01/13/17 (0)