Quake/Tsunami

monster · 03-20-2011, 07:40 PM

[aside] tw is his own parody, really. not really cricket. [/aside]

richlevy · 03-20-2011, 11:22 PM

I was listening to a podcast of Public Radio International from Canada where a specialist was explaining why newer plants have passive systems where electomagnets keep control rods from dropping into the reactor and why even newer plants have electromagnets keeping valves closed that could flood areas with coolant. All of these systems are activated by the absence of electricity.

It seems like such a simple idea, I wonder why noone thought of it 20-30 years ago when some of these older plants were built.

03-20-2011, 07:40 PM	#1
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03-20-2011, 11:22 PM	#2
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I was listening to a podcast of Public Radio International from Canada where a specialist was explaining why newer plants have passive systems where electomagnets keep control rods from dropping into the reactor and why even newer plants have electromagnets keeping valves closed that could flood areas with coolant. All of these systems are activated by the absence of electricity. It seems like such a simple idea, I wonder why noone thought of it 20-30 years ago when some of these older plants were built. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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