Comments for Nuclear Power? Yes Please http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog Thu, 17 May 2012 19:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on The spent fuel pool at Fukushima #4 by Dr Tim Norris http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/2012/05/11/the-spent-fuel-pool-in-fukushima-4/comment-page-1/#comment-63051 Dr Tim Norris Thu, 17 May 2012 19:42:00 +0000 http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/?p=4990#comment-63051 Sad thing is that Fukushima AP1000 reactor design is sub-optimal on account of the use of Zirconia-clad solid fuel rods. Such an accident would not have occurred had Fukushima facility been based on Thorium LFTR.  Thorium LFTR potentially produces nuclear waste that only needs to be stored 300 years, not 100000 years for conventonal nuclear waste.  Thorium LFTR produces only 1% of the waste of conventional solid-fuel rod nuclear configurations.  An additional benefit of Thorium LFTR is that it can be configrued to dispose of contemporary nuclear waste safely via transmutation.  Fukushima shows very clearly the limitation and disadvantages of conventional nuclear reactor configurations.  We need to progress to next-generation nuclear technology.  Fukushima clearly illutrates how unsatisfactory conventional solid fuel rod nuclear configurations are in practice.  The nuclear industry has to write off its conventional legacy investments and move on to next generation nuclear fission technology, namely Thorium LFTR. Sad thing is that Fukushima AP1000 reactor design is sub-optimal on account of the use of Zirconia-clad solid fuel rods. Such an accident would not have occurred had Fukushima facility been based on Thorium LFTR.  Thorium LFTR potentially produces nuclear waste that only needs to be stored 300 years, not 100000 years for conventonal nuclear waste.  Thorium LFTR produces only 1% of the waste of conventional solid-fuel rod nuclear configurations.  An additional benefit of Thorium LFTR is that it can be configrued to dispose of contemporary nuclear waste safely via transmutation.  Fukushima shows very clearly the limitation and disadvantages of conventional nuclear reactor configurations.  We need to progress to next-generation nuclear technology.  Fukushima clearly illutrates how unsatisfactory conventional solid fuel rod nuclear configurations are in practice.  The nuclear industry has to write off its conventional legacy investments and move on to next generation nuclear fission technology, namely Thorium LFTR.

]]> Comment on The spent fuel pool at Fukushima #4 by Lantzelot http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/2012/05/11/the-spent-fuel-pool-in-fukushima-4/comment-page-1/#comment-63050 Lantzelot Thu, 17 May 2012 19:39:00 +0000 http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/?p=4990#comment-63050 Will Davis has also written about the spent fuel pools at ANS Nuclear Cafe: http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2012/05/16/spent-fuel-at-fukushima-not-dangerous/ Will Davis has also written about the spent fuel pools at ANS Nuclear Cafe:
http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2012/05/16/spent-fuel-at-fukushima-not-dangerous/

]]> Comment on Some good videos with Bill Gates by ZAIMatte http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/2012/05/15/some-good-videos-with-bill-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-63023 ZAIMatte Wed, 16 May 2012 13:42:00 +0000 http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/?p=5009#comment-63023 Well, yes and no. SBO and BSOD is very similar in this case I suppose...   Jokes aside, I agree with you, though I fail to see the safety implication of a BSOD, availability of the plant will suffer but not safety. Nuclear plants tend to fail safe, control system goes down and 2-3 seconds later you will have all rods in the core and a subcritical reactor not to mention half an hour to restart your systems to asure cooling of the core. In my mind, not a safety problem per see... Well, yes and no. SBO and BSOD is very similar in this case I suppose...
 
Jokes aside, I agree with you, though I fail to see the safety implication of a BSOD, availability of the plant will suffer but not safety. Nuclear plants tend to fail safe, control system goes down and 2-3 seconds later you will have all rods in the core and a subcritical reactor not to mention half an hour to restart your systems to asure cooling of the core.

In my mind, not a safety problem per see...

]]> Comment on Did the Japanese authorities lie about the Fukushima accident? Part 1. by Lantzelot http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/2012/05/02/did-the-japanese-authorities-lie-about-the-fukushima-accident-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-63020 Lantzelot Wed, 16 May 2012 11:01:00 +0000 http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/?p=4743#comment-63020 Come on Johan, are you forgetting about our new policy of getting the money openly from anybody that we can cheat?: http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/2012/04/01/npyp-%E2%80%93-we-were-wrong-busby-is-right/ Come on Johan, are you forgetting about our new policy of getting the money openly from anybody that we can cheat?:
http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/2012/04/01/npyp-%E2%80%93-we-were-wrong-busby-is-right/

]]> Comment on Did the Japanese authorities lie about the Fukushima accident? Part 1. by Johan http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/2012/05/02/did-the-japanese-authorities-lie-about-the-fukushima-accident-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-63015 Johan Wed, 16 May 2012 09:01:00 +0000 http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/?p=4743#comment-63015 CIA? No no you got it all wrong! We only get money from the Rotschilds, the Rockefellers and some of the other lizard families that rule the world!  CIA? No no you got it all wrong! We only get money from the Rotschilds, the Rockefellers and some of the other lizard families that rule the world! 

]]> Comment on Did the Japanese authorities lie about the Fukushima accident? Part 1. by Cerey_runyon http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/2012/05/02/did-the-japanese-authorities-lie-about-the-fukushima-accident-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-63010 Cerey_runyon Wed, 16 May 2012 02:33:00 +0000 http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/?p=4743#comment-63010 your and idiot if you think the public is so dumb as to accept "your" analysis and a "cheap shot" at professor  Majia Holmer Nadesan's work, where she should get the Nobel prize for humanitarian concerns. You are a disinformation agent working for the CIA your and idiot if you think the public is so dumb as to accept "your" analysis and a "cheap shot" at professor  Majia Holmer Nadesan's work, where she should get the Nobel prize for humanitarian concerns. You are a disinformation agent working for the CIA

]]> Comment on Some good videos with Bill Gates by Vesperto http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/2012/05/15/some-good-videos-with-bill-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-63004 Vesperto Wed, 16 May 2012 00:15:00 +0000 http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/?p=5009#comment-63004 Nuclear power plants running on Microsoft software? That's one place where i really don't want to see a BSOD. Nuclear power plants running on Microsoft software? That's one place where i really don't want to see a BSOD.

]]> Comment on The spent fuel pool at Fukushima #4 by Zemzem http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/2012/05/11/the-spent-fuel-pool-in-fukushima-4/comment-page-1/#comment-62941 Zemzem Mon, 14 May 2012 12:43:00 +0000 http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/?p=4990#comment-62941 Yeah,and they're into crystals and dowsing too,those antinukes.All of them.And they smell,the dirty hippies. LOL.! OMFG YOU ARE SO FUNNY AND CLEVER BRIAN MAYS ROFL ROFL OMFG LOOOOL!!!! Yeah,and they're into crystals and dowsing too,those antinukes.All of them.And they smell,the dirty hippies.
LOL.!
OMFG YOU ARE SO FUNNY AND CLEVER BRIAN MAYS ROFL ROFL OMFG LOOOOL!!!!

]]> Comment on The spent fuel pool at Fukushima #4 by Joffan http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/2012/05/11/the-spent-fuel-pool-in-fukushima-4/comment-page-1/#comment-62919 Joffan Mon, 14 May 2012 02:47:00 +0000 http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/?p=4990#comment-62919  Ah yes, the people of Japan. I have a great deal of respect and concern fort heir well-being, and as a result I have nothing but contempt and repugnance for the anti-nuclear ghouls who try to exploit and increase their fears. The clearest lesson of Chernobyl was that a nuclear accident is only so bad, but the reaction of society can make it far far worse by fostering feelings of anxiety, victimhood, hopelessness and isolation. The radiation has a limited effect but the lies and distortions of anti-nuclear exploiters can mislead people and governments into actions that make things significantly worse.  Ah yes, the people of Japan. I have a great deal of respect and concern fort heir well-being, and as a result I have nothing but contempt and repugnance for the anti-nuclear ghouls who try to exploit and increase their fears.

The clearest lesson of Chernobyl was that a nuclear accident is only so bad, but the reaction of society can make it far far worse by fostering feelings of anxiety, victimhood, hopelessness and isolation. The radiation has a limited effect but the lies and distortions of anti-nuclear exploiters can mislead people and governments into actions that make things significantly worse.

]]> Comment on The spent fuel pool at Fukushima #4 by Lantzelot http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/2012/05/11/the-spent-fuel-pool-in-fukushima-4/comment-page-1/#comment-62916 Lantzelot Mon, 14 May 2012 00:41:00 +0000 http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/blog/?p=4990#comment-62916 @steveo77:disqus It was the profound level of your analysis, which you so eloquently managed to summarize into a single word, that impressed me. @steveo77:disqus It was the profound level of your analysis, which you so eloquently managed to summarize into a single word, that impressed me.

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