Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: All nuclear plants should be shut down, IMHO. [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)86. Sweet! It's been 4 days, and you finally came up with a terrible solution!
Ever hear of batteries?
Which would be installed in which building? Perhaps the one that contained the back-up generators that was destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami?
How about pumped storage?
Requires a quantity of water to fill a small lake. Also requires a generator which, again, is mounted in a building just as easy to destroy as the back-up generators that were on site.
Ever think they might just come up with something new?
So it's terrible that the engineers at Fukushima didn't manage to find magic pixie fairies to solve their pumping problem.
And they're morons for not doing so.
Uh-huh.
The roofs of the plants at Fukushima got blown off and burned away. The tsunami didn't knock down the buildings. The explosions are what messed up the buildings.
You really should pick one story and go with it.
Btw, some were destroyed by the storm. Some were destroyed by the tsunami. And some were destroyed by the explosions.
Tsunamis are not gentle flows of water. Constructing a building to withstand them is not a trivial undertaking.
They actually have pictures you must have not ever seen?
Until this post, you were adamant that there was no need to look at pictures.
The waste: If the government told them they would take care of the waste, "So don't you worry about that" they did so because it was either that or not build any more nukes.
"if"? It's not like the most recent version of this promise was codified into law as the "Nuclear Waste Policy Act" in 1982. Clearly there's some doubt as to whether or not that happened.
And boy, that really spurred more nuclear pants. After all, the last nuclear plant built in the US broke ground in 1977. So clearly the 1982 law spawned a massive construction boom.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
88 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
I edited my post because all plants should be shut down, not just in the US.
darkangel218
Oct 2013
#4
Nah, it's pretty easy. Just crank up all the old coal plants that have been shut down
jeff47
Oct 2013
#20
Wind and solar are not the only virtually clean energy sources we have. I'm sure you
Drew Richards
Oct 2013
#65
We need to start fazing out the old nuclear plants. First because they are dangerous.
rhett o rick
Oct 2013
#57
First of all it takes a tremendous amount of energy to build a nuclear power plant.
rhett o rick
Oct 2013
#81
The difference in our opinions is you are focused on the spectacular local damage.
jeff47
Oct 2013
#82
You still haven't managed to deal with "night", yet you call others morons? (nt)
jeff47
Oct 2013
#78
The problem with Fukushima was that when the primary power failed, they were to
rhett o rick
Oct 2013
#55
Dont forget...the generators were in the basement floor...whole lotta stupid going on.
Drew Richards
Oct 2013
#68
"1st auction of solar rights on public lands in Colorado draws no bids"...
PoliticAverse
Oct 2013
#74