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In reply to the discussion: What's happening at Fukushima? [View all]FBaggins
(26,758 posts)46. A "rather large solar plant in less than 2 years" ?
How many of those are needed in order to replace the annual generation from a single reactor?
It takes >2 years just to finish the paperwork for permits on a fission reactor.
So? Power companies plan generation projects decades in advance.
Oh... and how does even two years compare to just turning an already-existing plant back on?
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"... worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl." I'd call it worse than Chernobyl, but I'm no expert.
Scuba
Oct 2014
#19
If Sun Tzu were alive, he'd figure out a way to use that radioactive water to kill the ebola virus
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2014
#16
The OP has literally claimed that the radiation traveled backwards through time.
jeff47
Oct 2014
#65
Because the OP has demonstrated repeatedly he doesn't know what he's talking about.
NuclearDem
Oct 2014
#91
The one good thing about Fukedupshima (if there is such) is that it apparently has convinced
nationalize the fed
Oct 2014
#41
ENEnews is a propaganda outlet that makes anti-nuclear activists look like loons.
hunter
Oct 2014
#102