water for cold the reactor is raw power dont you? try other liquid maybe blood human or beetle blood? and the station power proof water again? try vapor bombs ...
Comment from last Year #LOL Japan depends so much on nuclear energy since it has very few natural resources and doesn't want to rely on other nations for them. So having nuclear energy allows them to be self-sufficient. But I think that to have so many nuclear power plants in such a small country that is prone to earthquakes is also foolish since a nuclear disaster can have very damaging long term effects on their land and people. I really hope Japan never suffers a nuclear disaster....
The real point, the one you want to avoid, is that GE, a weapon manufacturer, designer of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki nuke's triggering system needs to make plutonium to make nukes. I know, I know, you don't want to go there, but if there were no dirty -type nuke plants, there'd be no plutonium sold by GE, and no taxpayers would have to foot the bill for something we already have too many of.
Thorium would be nice, but do to the lack of PU production, we don't do that.
The actual issue is distance, not available sun or wind. Some areas are remote from any high wind or intense sunlight, and low temperatures can limit solar thermal. We do have plenty of wind and solar to generate enough juice though. Do we get accurate statistics, or do fossil fuel industries have a lot to lose by telling the truth? I have witnessed several improvements in solar tech within the last 10 years that are still unavailable! Cost and lower quality products limit the perceived effic.
Are you watching FOX or something? Been waiting for them to show the intact fuel storage area in the photos, but it's not there, so I'll be waiting a while.
But here's a question nobody wants to answer, what happens if a tactical size nuke goes off in one of these multi nuke plants storing 3X the used fuel it was designed to hold?
i heard that they were testing handheld neuclear weapons and they sent "scientists" for days to retreive them and that the weapon files have to be downloaded in a safe procedure to prevent exposure to real radiation.
@MHuwCarr The thing that you have to keep in mind is that the reactors in Japan shut down automatically when the earthquake hit. The problem came when the giant tsunami wave knocked the backup generators that kept the nuclear fuel cool
@igotN0ceilings Problem came when we trusted govt. Epicenter was 150mi offshore, what happens when one goes off right under plant? What if it is off the richter scale? Ever heard of the ring of fire? Great place for reactors. And how can we mine and use some thing with no viable method of disposal? If the nuke industry is so efficient and profitable, why no lead acid battery backup? How many used rods did chernobyl explode into air? 6000? Nuke apologist are stupid, and future will depict as so.
@PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT I respect your opinion in this matter, but it wouldn't matter if the epicenter was right under a reactor unless a giant chasm opened up under the reactor and the building crumbled. Modern designs don't even need backup generators to cool down, the water tank is placed above the reactor and gravity keeps water flowing through the core. As for Chernobyl, it was an incredibly poorly designed soviet reactor. What happened there physically couldn't happen in american plants
@igotN0ceilings I do not believe everything I'm told pert. to reactor design. It is obvious that this whole field is net BAD for life. You don't mine and concentrate a substance with no viable disposal! It's just not an option, unless your entire society has been compromised on a moral level. If you notice an increase in seismic frequency, it is possible that increase in amplitude may eventually follow? Reactor design MUST be failproof, it is not our right to poison those who come next.
@DEFCONx19 perhaps it is you who is at fault for believing those who have interest in producing plutonium for profit under the guise of clean energy. How much did it cost you for your last warhead? You don't know? That's because there is so much profit in selling useless arms to idiots who believe everything they are told. You can research lies all day, and still not have the ability to think at all.
@PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT you comparing or reeferancing chernobyl, 25 year old technology, that might I add was poorly designed and executed by even the standards of 25 years ago. Chernobyl is in no way comparitive to this. Its no secret nuclear waste has disposal issues but so does the batteries in hybrid cars, those are just as poisonous to the earth if not disposed of correctly. As for nuclear warheads, that is a completely different topic. No viable form of energy is 100% safe.
@DEFCONx19 How old was the GE reactors at Fukushima? Chernobyl burned more completely, and therefore cleaner. There were virtually no used rods. Fukushima hurled at least 6000 rods, 3000 ft. in the air, dispersing uncombusted PU and U235 all over the place. Terrorists would be hard pressed to EVER pull off a dirty bomb of that magnitude, simply because it is only us and our 'allies' that have that much crud. Are nuclear warheads a different topic? Defense contrators would have you think so.
@PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT The truth is, Warheads ARE the issue. From a design perspective, the Fukushima plant is much more geared to produce plutonium than it is toward safety. Being that Japan has no armed forces, we can only assume the plutonium was for us. What's GE's slogan? We bring good things to life? Did you know that the two Abombs dropped during WWII had GE electronic triggering systems? GE is a defense contractor, investment bank, turbine manufacturer and likely a front for CIA.
@PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT I am assumining you just reversed the name of the plants accidentally. Fukushima didn't lose any fuel rods from its reactor core or storage tanks. The only leak from any core was coolant that they plugged the other day. Contaminated water is thief biggest cleanup issue there. Chernobyl was far from clean. When the hydrogen bubble exploded it blew off the reactor lid scattering pieces of graphite and fuel rod. The core was directly exposed
@DEFCONx19 Yes there are, and I just mentioned them. Solar thermal and VAWT set up in high wind areas. Can I concur that because you are unable to answer any of my questions, and ignore my viable solutions that you work for nuclear energy? GE? You are doing a bad job supporting your argument, and repeating that there is no alternative to Nuke plants is not very convincing to anyone with a mind. Nuke plants are for making plutonium for bombs to sell to morons.
@PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT I think you're missing what i'm trying to argue. I never said nuclear power was the only viable energy. There is coal (cheapest currently), and natural gas as well, however they are both fossil fuels and it's no secret the down side to those. However Solar and VAWT are not viable alone to power the whole grid, due to space and conditions needed for them to be effective they arent practicle everywhere. Hydroelectric isnt either because environmental concerns mean they cant
@DEFCONx19 produce at full capacity due to the environmental impact of the flooding operating at full power creates. My main response was addressing your extremely ill informed information on Chernobyl vs Fukujima. No power is 100% safe or without negative impact to the environment, the the degrees it does effect it. Nuclear power is by no means an end all solution to anything and it comes with problems. But giving into the fear mongering generated by a less than 1% chance occurence is bad
@DEFCONx19 No fear, just simple conscience ownership. Can't-for any reason-toy with something so poisonous, with such long lasting effects, and such subtle effects! We are just renting time here, and our need for power does not, in any way, justify our acquisition, use, and disposal (or lack of any plan to do so, for that matter) of anything with a halflife of over 1000 years. What are the effects of Soviet fuel rod ocean dumping on fish? Cancer rate of those who consume? See, no accurate stats!
@DEFCONx19. And vented MASSIVE ammounts of radiation into the atmosphere. This happened because unlike fukushina which has its reactor sealed in a containment vessel a secondary containment barrier and the the building, chernobyl was merely a reactor core surrounded by a building. My original point is that the disasters are not even close to the same. Chernobyl was a product of gross neglegence. Fukushima was a product of a less than 1% chance catastrauphic failure of the main and back up
@igotN0ceilings The thing that you have to keep in mind is how we are currently storing 3X the previous max capacity of used rods. We just cleared leg. to get it to 4X. How much fissile material is needed for warhead? How much is stored at outdated plants? How much would one of these nuke plants increase the effectiveness of one viable warhead? How many plants nuked would clear out New England? North America? Ever humor the notion of solar thermal? VAWT? Do we need to use dirty fuel?
@PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT I have heard of the use of solar thermal and unfortunately there are several fundamental problems with it. For one, it would take 20 square kilometers of solar panels on a sunny day to produce 1000 megawatts, which is an average reactor. The other problem is that nearly 100 percent of the power from solar thermal energy needs to be backed up in case it is say, cloudy and the panels don't produce energy. This backup energy comes from fossil fuels, hydro dams, and nuclear
@igotN0ceilings Check up on some later plant designs,especially those that incorporate the use of salt. and my vision for solar thermal is in conjunction w/ vawt. There are Extremely high wind situations that would gobble up a standard turbine instantly. A VAWT in a similar situation could produce tremendous power w/ minimal maint. Between WY, CO, CA, UT, NE, IL, we could produce a LOT (I wouldn't know where to begin to crunch that number) of power.
I feel so bad for Japan. They have all these diligent workers working over these years to maintain these power plants, and lately, some of these exploded. Thanks to all that risked their life.
It came out last week that the Nuclear Plant safty inspections had been fudged according to one TEPCO worker whom admited taking part in a "Cover-Up" of the Safety Checks..he said one of the Reactors had a Split in the Containment vessel for Years but knowone would fix it or admit to it being a problem.
Nuclear Industry is mainly for the production of Plutonium for future use and is completely disgusting..its' very nice and safe/clean until it goes Wrong.
The problem with nuclear power is spent fuel. All the spent radioactive fuel is contained on site, in large water chambers with water circulating pumps. This is fine as long as they are maintained. What is to happen if society broke down?
The problem with nuclear power is spent fuel. All the spent radioactive fuel is contained on site, in large water chambers with water circulating pumps. This is fine as long as they are maintained. What is to happen if society broke down?
There is nothing wrong with nuclear power, that it is kept safe in two barriers and has multiple backups and backups after that. It is very unlikely to get a meltdown due to the amount of safety and precautions taken and how well it is kept in safe conditions.
There is no reason to hate nuclear power, it is a clean energy. IT produces nothing bad.
@TheLordVictor It is simple, few wants to build rafineries in Iran for political reasons, so they need to actualy important rafined gasoline (40% of their gasoline is imported) from other countries even though they are big oil producer. They indeed have some rafineries, but not enough for their country need
How many nuclear spills have ever happened in the past 15 years. So I believe in the right hands nuclear power is great. But the Russians... You don't trust them with anything.
nuclear power is the stupidest venture mankind has taken on, we have no way of disposing waste properly and it does encourage the enrichment of weapons grade radioactive materials, every nuclear reactor in the world should be shut down as of now. it is a joke to consider it safe
Yes that is why people like you should live in the desert with no power. We can use nuclear power safely. Its a huge scare propaganda by green communists that nuclear power is dangerous. Geez you don't drive a car or walk near a road? That is dangerous!!!!
that is the single most retarded notion ever, people are still getting incredibly sick and dying as a result of just mining this shit let alone the enrichment and use of it, the effects of Chernobyl and the nuclear waste dumps that serviced it will be here on earth long after man dies out, if i crash my car i might kill a dozen people, if you even let some radiation escape like in the windscale disaster you can destroy the lives of thousands for decades or longer, get a clue
Theres nothing that Japan doesnt have people......relax. its one the only countries to be successful with nuclear powerplants besides France. We know what we are doing and yes, it is legal filming this few minutes of segments of how they build it.... why? because it was filmed in Japan
I'm quite sure Japan has suffered several major quakes since they adopted nuclear power, and not one person has died from radioactivity as a result of earthquakes. Someone did die from a mishap in 1999 via human error when they handled nuclear materials, but from what I've heard, these plants are built to withstand quakes. After all, this is a country that knows nuclear holocausts first hand!
Japan also rely heavily on geothermal sources. Their country is basically a big volcano and is used to heat road surfaces in some areas to prevent ice. Genius!
Japan depends so much on nuclear energy since it has very few natural resources and doesn't want to rely on other nations for them. So having nuclear energy allows them to be self-sufficient. But I think that to have so many nuclear power plants in such a small country that is prone to earthquakes is also foolish since a nuclear disaster can have very damaging long term effects on their land and people. I really hope Japan never suffers a nuclear disaster. Japanese people and food are awesome.
@Anjiin im pretty sure that when they desinged these reactors or built them they did put thought about earthquakes but its not to say they prevented an earthquake causing a disaster.
@st1ckycheese im afraid they are all needed, think of the mass produced cars,electronics and electric bullet trains that cant work without nuclear power- nuclear power is the clean reality of the future, devaloping units that dont produce waste is the ultimate key, as long as communists dont have them, were safe!
@st1ckycheese I have faith that they have faster ways to stop the fission process when a nuclear reactor is doing its job, they more or less have to worry about this power plant being used as a strategic point in warfare.
@Monovoa You are right, and I thought about that too. I hope that Japan has a highly sophisticated missile defense shield next to its nuclear power plants since they are practically, sad to say, a sitting duck if they don't. A serious nuclear disaster in Japan will result in the displacement of millions of people in such a small country. Can you imagine that? Good thing that they have good relations with the US since that gives them a large deterrence capacity.
@Monovoa Japan also needs to maintain good relations with its neighbors, but at the same time they must be prepared to guard their nuclear facilities at all costs because you can never know what's going to happen.
@st1ckycheese The reactors in modern nuclear power plants are designed so that even if every other surrounding structure is completely obliterated, the reactor still won't be breached.
@GANGLIAGOROTUS I assure you that missiles are capable of easily destroying them, and that makes Japan extremely vulnerable to an attack in the form of missiles. Perhaps these new designs can help protect Japan from an earthquake, but it definitely won't protect them from a potential aggressor which means that Japan would be more likely to appease their enemy as opposed to putting up a fight.
@st1ckycheese i couldnt think of a more responsible country (apart from germany) where the running of a nuclear powerplant is in safe hands..russia on the other hand i wouldnt trust with a pair of sissors..
Just shows you the Japanese have built earthquake proof reactors. They have had incidents but no great dramas and nuclear energy is not as dangerous as the greens make it out to be.
Idiot..The Greens are the ones who support fully the building of Nuclear Plants all over the World in order to counter "Global Warming"..Learn before you Type.
@st1ckycheese Nuclear power plants are very different than what they were in chernobyl, they are very safe and clean, there are backups after backups and after that. it is very redundant, Don't ever expect a disaster ever.
"But I think that to have so many nuclear power plants in such a small country that is prone to earthquakes is also foolish since a nuclear disaster can have very damaging long term effects on their land and people. I really hope Japan never suffers a nuclear disaster. Japanese people and food are awesome."
Boy, you don't know how right you were a year ago.
@st1ckycheese ,wow wish someone wise as you are could tell this to the whole nation who love to build nuclear power,after a year, disaster happened to japan like what you said...
@st1ckycheese this comment is so true and your predication has happened. God bless the people of Japan and I hope they get all the help and support they need to recover from this disaster.
@st1ckycheese This is very ironic.........and kinda funny. The only part i find funny is the irony itself not what has actually happened during these past weeks.
Fuck Nuclear Energy Fuck Albert Einstein Fuck Little Boy Fuck The Nagasaki Bomb FUCK AMERICA & ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE OWNING NUCLEAR WEAPONS!
@TylertheGeek28 Have you noticed how he says "fuck the nagasaki bomb" but doesn't call it by name. I think he clicked then he would have said "Fuck Albert Einstein, fuck little boy, fuck the fat man" he knows he would be locked up for being a complete pervert lol
As the time is passing the need for energy and fuel on economic grounds is being felt. New industrial machines are being manufactured consuming less power & raw material and giving out more production. The nuclear reactor on the whole is also a move towards this need of man. If it is allowed to be manufactured by the countries having attained nuclear power certificates & an internationall inspection team for checking its non-disasterous production can work it'll surely help in fast development
This is the Fugen reactor? I thought that operation stopped for that plant in 2005. Is this the start of the decommissioning activities? I guess it does look kind of like they're taking apart the internals, which isn't exactly normal.
The absolutely necessary condition that he is my center nuclear core for I rescue own self and father and Japan and the world too.
自身のみならず父親を日本を世界を救い出す為に、彼が中心核であることが絶対必要なんだ。
wizardmori 5 months ago
water for cold the reactor is raw power dont you? try other liquid maybe blood human or beetle blood? and the station power proof water again? try vapor bombs ...
aalexbotas 8 months ago
@MHuwCarr
Almost all of thr Nuclear Power Plants in the US are built in earthquake zones... 15 of them sit on the New Madrid Fault...
jonnydboy1 9 months ago
Stupid humans
TheSolarmike 9 months ago
@Pill88Dickle world war 2 perhaps? BUDDY
IVtomatoXX 9 months ago
bwr is same type as fukushima, installing core spray into core containment
biukucanoe 10 months ago
Comment from last Year #LOL Japan depends so much on nuclear energy since it has very few natural resources and doesn't want to rely on other nations for them. So having nuclear energy allows them to be self-sufficient. But I think that to have so many nuclear power plants in such a small country that is prone to earthquakes is also foolish since a nuclear disaster can have very damaging long term effects on their land and people. I really hope Japan never suffers a nuclear disaster....
xphobus 10 months ago 5
The real point, the one you want to avoid, is that GE, a weapon manufacturer, designer of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki nuke's triggering system needs to make plutonium to make nukes. I know, I know, you don't want to go there, but if there were no dirty -type nuke plants, there'd be no plutonium sold by GE, and no taxpayers would have to foot the bill for something we already have too many of.
Thorium would be nice, but do to the lack of PU production, we don't do that.
PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT 10 months ago
The actual issue is distance, not available sun or wind. Some areas are remote from any high wind or intense sunlight, and low temperatures can limit solar thermal. We do have plenty of wind and solar to generate enough juice though. Do we get accurate statistics, or do fossil fuel industries have a lot to lose by telling the truth? I have witnessed several improvements in solar tech within the last 10 years that are still unavailable! Cost and lower quality products limit the perceived effic.
PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT 10 months ago
Are you watching FOX or something? Been waiting for them to show the intact fuel storage area in the photos, but it's not there, so I'll be waiting a while.
But here's a question nobody wants to answer, what happens if a tactical size nuke goes off in one of these multi nuke plants storing 3X the used fuel it was designed to hold?
PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT 10 months ago
bet they kinda regret building this
TheStoned88 11 months ago
i heard that they were testing handheld neuclear weapons and they sent "scientists" for days to retreive them and that the weapon files have to be downloaded in a safe procedure to prevent exposure to real radiation.
Zombihilanth 11 months ago
The big question is, how long does it take to do my potatoes in there?
More seriously, I hope everything works out in Japan. I think Japan has given enough to the world to warrant our support with the accident.
lexichronicle2 11 months ago
It was inevitable. Put nuclear reactors in an earthquake zone and it is only a matter of time....
MHuwCarr 11 months ago 15
@MHuwCarr The thing that you have to keep in mind is that the reactors in Japan shut down automatically when the earthquake hit. The problem came when the giant tsunami wave knocked the backup generators that kept the nuclear fuel cool
igotN0ceilings 11 months ago
@igotN0ceilings Problem came when we trusted govt. Epicenter was 150mi offshore, what happens when one goes off right under plant? What if it is off the richter scale? Ever heard of the ring of fire? Great place for reactors. And how can we mine and use some thing with no viable method of disposal? If the nuke industry is so efficient and profitable, why no lead acid battery backup? How many used rods did chernobyl explode into air? 6000? Nuke apologist are stupid, and future will depict as so.
PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT 10 months ago
@PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT I respect your opinion in this matter, but it wouldn't matter if the epicenter was right under a reactor unless a giant chasm opened up under the reactor and the building crumbled. Modern designs don't even need backup generators to cool down, the water tank is placed above the reactor and gravity keeps water flowing through the core. As for Chernobyl, it was an incredibly poorly designed soviet reactor. What happened there physically couldn't happen in american plants
igotN0ceilings 10 months ago
@igotN0ceilings I do not believe everything I'm told pert. to reactor design. It is obvious that this whole field is net BAD for life. You don't mine and concentrate a substance with no viable disposal! It's just not an option, unless your entire society has been compromised on a moral level. If you notice an increase in seismic frequency, it is possible that increase in amplitude may eventually follow? Reactor design MUST be failproof, it is not our right to poison those who come next.
PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT 10 months ago
@PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT you need to do more research before you start making ill informed claims
DEFCONx19 10 months ago
@DEFCONx19 perhaps it is you who is at fault for believing those who have interest in producing plutonium for profit under the guise of clean energy. How much did it cost you for your last warhead? You don't know? That's because there is so much profit in selling useless arms to idiots who believe everything they are told. You can research lies all day, and still not have the ability to think at all.
PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT 10 months ago
@PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT you comparing or reeferancing chernobyl, 25 year old technology, that might I add was poorly designed and executed by even the standards of 25 years ago. Chernobyl is in no way comparitive to this. Its no secret nuclear waste has disposal issues but so does the batteries in hybrid cars, those are just as poisonous to the earth if not disposed of correctly. As for nuclear warheads, that is a completely different topic. No viable form of energy is 100% safe.
DEFCONx19 10 months ago
@DEFCONx19 How old was the GE reactors at Fukushima? Chernobyl burned more completely, and therefore cleaner. There were virtually no used rods. Fukushima hurled at least 6000 rods, 3000 ft. in the air, dispersing uncombusted PU and U235 all over the place. Terrorists would be hard pressed to EVER pull off a dirty bomb of that magnitude, simply because it is only us and our 'allies' that have that much crud. Are nuclear warheads a different topic? Defense contrators would have you think so.
PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT 10 months ago
@PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT The truth is, Warheads ARE the issue. From a design perspective, the Fukushima plant is much more geared to produce plutonium than it is toward safety. Being that Japan has no armed forces, we can only assume the plutonium was for us. What's GE's slogan? We bring good things to life? Did you know that the two Abombs dropped during WWII had GE electronic triggering systems? GE is a defense contractor, investment bank, turbine manufacturer and likely a front for CIA.
PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT 10 months ago
@PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT I am assumining you just reversed the name of the plants accidentally. Fukushima didn't lose any fuel rods from its reactor core or storage tanks. The only leak from any core was coolant that they plugged the other day. Contaminated water is thief biggest cleanup issue there. Chernobyl was far from clean. When the hydrogen bubble exploded it blew off the reactor lid scattering pieces of graphite and fuel rod. The core was directly exposed
DEFCONx19 10 months ago
Respond to this video... There is currently no renewable energy/clean energy that can be implemented to meet the demand requires
DEFCONx19 10 months ago
@DEFCONx19 Yes there are, and I just mentioned them. Solar thermal and VAWT set up in high wind areas. Can I concur that because you are unable to answer any of my questions, and ignore my viable solutions that you work for nuclear energy? GE? You are doing a bad job supporting your argument, and repeating that there is no alternative to Nuke plants is not very convincing to anyone with a mind. Nuke plants are for making plutonium for bombs to sell to morons.
PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT 10 months ago
@PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT I think you're missing what i'm trying to argue. I never said nuclear power was the only viable energy. There is coal (cheapest currently), and natural gas as well, however they are both fossil fuels and it's no secret the down side to those. However Solar and VAWT are not viable alone to power the whole grid, due to space and conditions needed for them to be effective they arent practicle everywhere. Hydroelectric isnt either because environmental concerns mean they cant
DEFCONx19 10 months ago
@DEFCONx19 produce at full capacity due to the environmental impact of the flooding operating at full power creates. My main response was addressing your extremely ill informed information on Chernobyl vs Fukujima. No power is 100% safe or without negative impact to the environment, the the degrees it does effect it. Nuclear power is by no means an end all solution to anything and it comes with problems. But giving into the fear mongering generated by a less than 1% chance occurence is bad
DEFCONx19 10 months ago
@DEFCONx19 No fear, just simple conscience ownership. Can't-for any reason-toy with something so poisonous, with such long lasting effects, and such subtle effects! We are just renting time here, and our need for power does not, in any way, justify our acquisition, use, and disposal (or lack of any plan to do so, for that matter) of anything with a halflife of over 1000 years. What are the effects of Soviet fuel rod ocean dumping on fish? Cancer rate of those who consume? See, no accurate stats!
PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT 10 months ago
@DEFCONx19. And vented MASSIVE ammounts of radiation into the atmosphere. This happened because unlike fukushina which has its reactor sealed in a containment vessel a secondary containment barrier and the the building, chernobyl was merely a reactor core surrounded by a building. My original point is that the disasters are not even close to the same. Chernobyl was a product of gross neglegence. Fukushima was a product of a less than 1% chance catastrauphic failure of the main and back up
DEFCONx19 10 months ago
@DEFCONx19 systems of which they were still able to react to try and slow and prevent a worse situation than we wound up with
DEFCONx19 10 months ago
@igotN0ceilings The thing that you have to keep in mind is how we are currently storing 3X the previous max capacity of used rods. We just cleared leg. to get it to 4X. How much fissile material is needed for warhead? How much is stored at outdated plants? How much would one of these nuke plants increase the effectiveness of one viable warhead? How many plants nuked would clear out New England? North America? Ever humor the notion of solar thermal? VAWT? Do we need to use dirty fuel?
PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT 10 months ago
@PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT I have heard of the use of solar thermal and unfortunately there are several fundamental problems with it. For one, it would take 20 square kilometers of solar panels on a sunny day to produce 1000 megawatts, which is an average reactor. The other problem is that nearly 100 percent of the power from solar thermal energy needs to be backed up in case it is say, cloudy and the panels don't produce energy. This backup energy comes from fossil fuels, hydro dams, and nuclear
igotN0ceilings 10 months ago
@igotN0ceilings Check up on some later plant designs,especially those that incorporate the use of salt. and my vision for solar thermal is in conjunction w/ vawt. There are Extremely high wind situations that would gobble up a standard turbine instantly. A VAWT in a similar situation could produce tremendous power w/ minimal maint. Between WY, CO, CA, UT, NE, IL, we could produce a LOT (I wouldn't know where to begin to crunch that number) of power.
PUFFTHEMAGICMARMOT 10 months ago
@MHuwCarr Remember, it was not the earthquake, but the tsunami what caused the disaster.
deliandiver 10 months ago
@deliandiver but what made the tsunami
anit0bieber0for0live 10 months ago
@anit0bieber0for0live They should expect the tsunami and build it on higher ground, nothing that bad would happen in that case.
deliandiver 10 months ago
@MHuwCarr Now you tell me :{ )
peterm3964 8 months ago
@MHuwCarr nbd tho no 1 in the u.s. has died from nuclear power :3
CPTownage567 4 months ago
@ChristinePadillaELA yea that or hiroshima and nagasaki about 60 years earlier
IVtomatoXX 11 months ago
This is a General Electric BWR.
meccaturbo 11 months ago
They need to replace these old mark I BWRs with ABWRs or CANDU designs which are safer.
Membrane556 11 months ago
BALLS TO YOU !
NickSoulard 11 months ago
Nuclear Power is obsolete and must go!!!
greymoose1000 11 months ago
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7puni3pache 11 months ago
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7puni3pache 11 months ago
I feel so bad for Japan. They have all these diligent workers working over these years to maintain these power plants, and lately, some of these exploded. Thanks to all that risked their life.
CalvinKuo17 11 months ago
@CalvinKuo17 chernobylshima
DAltar 11 months ago
@CalvinKuo17
It came out last week that the Nuclear Plant safty inspections had been fudged according to one TEPCO worker whom admited taking part in a "Cover-Up" of the Safety Checks..he said one of the Reactors had a Split in the Containment vessel for Years but knowone would fix it or admit to it being a problem.
Nuclear Industry is mainly for the production of Plutonium for future use and is completely disgusting..its' very nice and safe/clean until it goes Wrong.
Cheers.
BrodyLuv2 10 months ago
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The problem with nuclear power is spent fuel. All the spent radioactive fuel is contained on site, in large water chambers with water circulating pumps. This is fine as long as they are maintained. What is to happen if society broke down?
diggindrums 11 months ago
The problem with nuclear power is spent fuel. All the spent radioactive fuel is contained on site, in large water chambers with water circulating pumps. This is fine as long as they are maintained. What is to happen if society broke down?
diggindrums 11 months ago
Too bad they have too many of these plants, and one just exploded today.
Beathede 11 months ago
There is nothing wrong with nuclear power, that it is kept safe in two barriers and has multiple backups and backups after that. It is very unlikely to get a meltdown due to the amount of safety and precautions taken and how well it is kept in safe conditions.
There is no reason to hate nuclear power, it is a clean energy. IT produces nothing bad.
rysliv 11 months ago
Given the current crisis (3/12/11) contianment systems need more improvements
you don't want your contaiment chamber to BLOW UP!
If there is a melt down, it will enter directly in to the air - Chernoble again!
PacificCircle1 11 months ago
how is it that a country so rich in oil reserves wants this technology, wants nuclear power, Iran? Except to harm others?
TheLordVictor 11 months ago
@TheLordVictor It is simple, few wants to build rafineries in Iran for political reasons, so they need to actualy important rafined gasoline (40% of their gasoline is imported) from other countries even though they are big oil producer. They indeed have some rafineries, but not enough for their country need
rotgertesla 11 months ago
God help us please
TheLordVictor 11 months ago
God help us please
TheLordVictor 11 months ago
what have they done?
we are done for,,, ghadafi wins, abenijab wins,,,, : (
TheLordVictor 11 months ago
These kind of stuff is very interesting. And I think that anyone who doesent know anything about nuclear energy should learn stuff about it.
peterinfamilyguy 1 year ago
How many nuclear spills have ever happened in the past 15 years. So I believe in the right hands nuclear power is great. But the Russians... You don't trust them with anything.
jnm144 1 year ago
nuclear power is the stupidest venture mankind has taken on, we have no way of disposing waste properly and it does encourage the enrichment of weapons grade radioactive materials, every nuclear reactor in the world should be shut down as of now. it is a joke to consider it safe
sluterry 1 year ago
@sluterry
Yes that is why people like you should live in the desert with no power. We can use nuclear power safely. Its a huge scare propaganda by green communists that nuclear power is dangerous. Geez you don't drive a car or walk near a road? That is dangerous!!!!
nihongo02341 1 year ago
@nihongo02341
that is the single most retarded notion ever, people are still getting incredibly sick and dying as a result of just mining this shit let alone the enrichment and use of it, the effects of Chernobyl and the nuclear waste dumps that serviced it will be here on earth long after man dies out, if i crash my car i might kill a dozen people, if you even let some radiation escape like in the windscale disaster you can destroy the lives of thousands for decades or longer, get a clue
sluterry 1 year ago
The Japanese are prone to nuclear disasters. History shows they should be used to it. I don't think they mind a little fallout.
davidwcronin 1 year ago
Theres nothing that Japan doesnt have people......relax. its one the only countries to be successful with nuclear powerplants besides France. We know what we are doing and yes, it is legal filming this few minutes of segments of how they build it.... why? because it was filmed in Japan
mikami123 1 year ago
I'm quite sure Japan has suffered several major quakes since they adopted nuclear power, and not one person has died from radioactivity as a result of earthquakes. Someone did die from a mishap in 1999 via human error when they handled nuclear materials, but from what I've heard, these plants are built to withstand quakes. After all, this is a country that knows nuclear holocausts first hand!
Hellerium 1 year ago
Japan nuclear fuel is processed in the UK. They do not have uranium mines in Japan.
jonnynuclear 1 year ago
@jonnynuclear no Japan refines - not mines fuel. Japan took shipment of the low grade material removed from Iraq
ometec 11 months ago
Is there active fuel in the core? It seems as if the workers are wearing only minimal protection for being so close to the reactor.
tbsla13 1 year ago
Japan also rely heavily on geothermal sources. Their country is basically a big volcano and is used to heat road surfaces in some areas to prevent ice. Genius!
clickradiouk 1 year ago
Japan depends so much on nuclear energy since it has very few natural resources and doesn't want to rely on other nations for them. So having nuclear energy allows them to be self-sufficient. But I think that to have so many nuclear power plants in such a small country that is prone to earthquakes is also foolish since a nuclear disaster can have very damaging long term effects on their land and people. I really hope Japan never suffers a nuclear disaster. Japanese people and food are awesome.
st1ckycheese 2 years ago 85
You do not want to rely on other nations. aha. So Japan has its own Uranium mines in Japan?
WolYou 2 years ago
@WolYou probably cheaper to get uranium than oil / gas / coal these days lol.
TyriaelSoban 1 year ago 2
@st1ckycheese
Japan is an earthquake powerful nation.
Even I am saying grace so that the disaster does not occur.
However, the nuclear reactor that became and controlled impossible temporarily also in Japan exists. (It is not announced)
Anjiin 1 year ago 7
@Anjiin im pretty sure that when they desinged these reactors or built them they did put thought about earthquakes but its not to say they prevented an earthquake causing a disaster.
nathan359 1 year ago
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sorry guys it happened now! I feel sorry for the Japanese ppl, I lug them:)
hardwork0 11 months ago
@Anjiin Wow umm seems that this dooms day did happen for japan very sad
94civiclxgrey 11 months ago
@Anjiin Good Prediction Skills
BerkeyFilms 11 months ago
@Anjiin as we can see.... the moment of this writing. It is a pitty.... :( .... Day six of earth quake.
ruderuud 11 months ago
@Anjiin i guess we're learning more about that now, eh
mpwelk 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese im afraid they are all needed, think of the mass produced cars,electronics and electric bullet trains that cant work without nuclear power- nuclear power is the clean reality of the future, devaloping units that dont produce waste is the ultimate key, as long as communists dont have them, were safe!
preludefan 1 year ago
@st1ckycheese I have faith that they have faster ways to stop the fission process when a nuclear reactor is doing its job, they more or less have to worry about this power plant being used as a strategic point in warfare.
Monovoa 1 year ago
@Monovoa You are right, and I thought about that too. I hope that Japan has a highly sophisticated missile defense shield next to its nuclear power plants since they are practically, sad to say, a sitting duck if they don't. A serious nuclear disaster in Japan will result in the displacement of millions of people in such a small country. Can you imagine that? Good thing that they have good relations with the US since that gives them a large deterrence capacity.
st1ckycheese 1 year ago
@Monovoa Japan also needs to maintain good relations with its neighbors, but at the same time they must be prepared to guard their nuclear facilities at all costs because you can never know what's going to happen.
st1ckycheese 1 year ago
@st1ckycheese The reactors in modern nuclear power plants are designed so that even if every other surrounding structure is completely obliterated, the reactor still won't be breached.
GANGLIAGOROTUS 1 year ago
@GANGLIAGOROTUS I assure you that missiles are capable of easily destroying them, and that makes Japan extremely vulnerable to an attack in the form of missiles. Perhaps these new designs can help protect Japan from an earthquake, but it definitely won't protect them from a potential aggressor which means that Japan would be more likely to appease their enemy as opposed to putting up a fight.
st1ckycheese 1 year ago
@st1ckycheese
soon theyll have mechs, flying robots and evangeions
CAZPERsayz 1 year ago
@st1ckycheese tottaly and the electronics they make (unlike the chinesse) are high quality durable and work for a very long time
geekforlifevandc 1 year ago 2
@geekforlifevandc you mean electronics they design? it happens that alot of electronics are made in China.
contractki11er 1 year ago
@st1ckycheese Japanese built modern nuclear reactor can withstand earthquakes up to 8 - 9 on the richer scale
SMGJohn 1 year ago
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@SMGJohn
Really!?....I suggest you do not trust everything you read.
BrodyLuv2 10 months ago
@st1ckycheese i couldnt think of a more responsible country (apart from germany) where the running of a nuclear powerplant is in safe hands..russia on the other hand i wouldnt trust with a pair of sissors..
Fleetfox10 1 year ago
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RobertsDigital 1 year ago
@RobertsDigital
Good post.
nihongo02341 1 year ago
@RobertsDigital
0.2 % chance of happening?
cothrantyson1 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese
Just shows you the Japanese have built earthquake proof reactors. They have had incidents but no great dramas and nuclear energy is not as dangerous as the greens make it out to be.
nihongo02341 1 year ago
@nihongo02341 sry, can you repeat that ? -.-
NemesisVS 11 months ago
@nihongo02341
Idiot..The Greens are the ones who support fully the building of Nuclear Plants all over the World in order to counter "Global Warming"..Learn before you Type.
BrodyLuv2 10 months ago
@BrodyLuv2 NOT TRUE >>go to gp.org for US Green nuclear policy
11joeallen 2 months ago
@st1ckycheese Oh, you forsaw the future ^_^
paddaw 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese One year later, and you are 100% right.
DanSVT03 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese You might want to retract that statement. You might just get what you wish for...
xstell132 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese Nuclear power plants are very different than what they were in chernobyl, they are very safe and clean, there are backups after backups and after that. it is very redundant, Don't ever expect a disaster ever.
rysliv 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese And here we are one year later...
iRobii 11 months ago
@iRobii Pretty crazy, seeing reports the 2 reactors are melting down, they said the fuel rods have 3m exposed, not good.
sctmtemp 11 months ago
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@st1ckycheese
"But I think that to have so many nuclear power plants in such a small country that is prone to earthquakes is also foolish since a nuclear disaster can have very damaging long term effects on their land and people. I really hope Japan never suffers a nuclear disaster. Japanese people and food are awesome."
Boy, you don't know how right you were a year ago.
patio87 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese "I really hope Japan never suffers a nuclear disaster" Little late buddy
IVtomatoXX 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese You can read the future :O
bmwoss 11 months ago 2
@st1ckycheese your 1 year ago concern just became true 2 days ago!
JGG767 11 months ago 2
@st1ckycheese Unfortunately It happened....
joselucas80 11 months ago
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@st1ckycheese Unfortunately It happened....
joselucas80 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese WOW! Just a matter of time.
MrMetalinyourhead 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese wow, look whats happening now. its like you saw it coming.
iluvmx1977 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese ,wow wish someone wise as you are could tell this to the whole nation who love to build nuclear power,after a year, disaster happened to japan like what you said...
missterry2009 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese
yeah, an now look what happened, your fears became realistic
crakerdonut 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese How ironic now !
jfunkfinger69 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese
Just like a prophecy.
alexfpms 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese apparantly you saw the Future..
alphamediaproduction 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese HEY MAN!! u said that one year ago!! saw what happened? u were right!! congrats!
renatoavatarian 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese you were right, look what happened:p
wiggenvan 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese You are a prophet!
beezell 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese
Guess ur wish came out..
jeroen00172 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese man u dont know how right you were
ShaneM321 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese this comment is so true and your predication has happened. God bless the people of Japan and I hope they get all the help and support they need to recover from this disaster.
spuncha 11 months ago
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@st1ckycheese and you are right and now we are seeing it
LancerEvolutionMRE 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese Crazy to come across your posting after the concern over Fukushima right now.
juhsepi 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese
Too Late =(
darksidehero 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese Wow. Uncanny that I read this, and then noticed it was posted over a year ago.
Zachey2001 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese This is very ironic.........and kinda funny. The only part i find funny is the irony itself not what has actually happened during these past weeks.
bigdog813 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese Chilling comment from a year ago.
douchechillum 11 months ago 15
@st1ckycheese Well it looks like you just jinxed that theory buddy
YousefsPie 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese well sir you turned out to be a phsycic,its terrible what going on.
MrYamaman123 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese crazy!
HighAway 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese omg! and it happens! -sad-
iLoLois 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese spoke too soon! :(
skyboy458 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese u said that 1 year ago and it happend weird
skateboy159 11 months ago
@st1ckycheese well apparentley god thought it would be funny to do the opposite of what you say
WOLFWARR1 9 months ago
boooooooommmmm
wuuht 2 years ago
This picture obtains permission and I shot.
The construction work of to that extends the life of the nuclear reactor in Japan, is done prosperously.
Anjiin 2 years ago
is it legal to record smth like this?
Orzeszekk 2 years ago
of course.
Anjiin 2 years ago
pissing
TymonRuchalski 2 years ago
very nice!thank
oscarlivy 3 years ago
Japanese are efficient people. They are cool sometimes.
BloodxGusher 3 years ago 2
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Fuck Nuclear Energy Fuck Albert Einstein Fuck Little Boy Fuck The Nagasaki Bomb FUCK AMERICA & ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE OWNING NUCLEAR WEAPONS!
Smikefliege 3 years ago
It's not a weapon. its a powerplant
AMagicMaster 3 years ago 9
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While you're at it, fuck your tv, fuck your lights, fuck your xbox and your pc, fuck your music yatayatayata
th3d3wd3r 3 years ago 13
@th3d3wd3r lol
TylertheGeek28 1 year ago
@TylertheGeek28 Have you noticed how he says "fuck the nagasaki bomb" but doesn't call it by name. I think he clicked then he would have said "Fuck Albert Einstein, fuck little boy, fuck the fat man" he knows he would be locked up for being a complete pervert lol
th3d3wd3r 11 months ago
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Fuck deutschland asshole
flammingdart 3 years ago
true
teemuautio 3 years ago
why no fuck you??
StegoMan 2 years ago
As the time is passing the need for energy and fuel on economic grounds is being felt. New industrial machines are being manufactured consuming less power & raw material and giving out more production. The nuclear reactor on the whole is also a move towards this need of man. If it is allowed to be manufactured by the countries having attained nuclear power certificates & an internationall inspection team for checking its non-disasterous production can work it'll surely help in fast development
yahoovisitor 3 years ago
take it this is a wet space job ?? with the lovely full anorach's
lainey500 3 years ago
This is not FUGEN.
It's JAPCO(TU-1).
anjiin
Anjiin 4 years ago
This is the Fugen reactor? I thought that operation stopped for that plant in 2005. Is this the start of the decommissioning activities? I guess it does look kind of like they're taking apart the internals, which isn't exactly normal.
何もかも重そうですね。
zassounotsukushi 4 years ago