http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/NucEne/tmi.html
Notice the part at top. The safety valve did not fully close. And yet it closed enough to flip the indicator saying it had closed. This is a scary type of accident.
And yet . . .
So, the system worked?http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/NucEne/tmi.html
‘ . . . Even though the reactor has "scrammed" and the control rods have stopped the fission chain reaction, . . . ’
I like the creativity, but not this direction!Have the Brown's Ferry fire in 1975 go to a full meltdown, . . .
I read the beginning of the article you linked to and do plan to read all of it.. . . No secret deals with Saudi Arabia might help too as it would keep the US much more worried about OPEC weaponization of oil.
Don’t be so secretive and teach the public.
Okay, let's take a look.. . . No secret deals with Saudi Arabia might help too as it would keep the US much more worried about OPEC weaponization of oil.
Sounds like a reasonable deal. The Saudis did, however, insist on keeping it secret.The Untold Story Behind Saudi Arabia’s 41-Year U.S. Debt Secret
Bloomberg, Andrea Wong, May 30, 2016
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat...behind-saudi-arabia-s-41-year-u-s-debt-secret
' . . . the appeal of U.S. government debt and how to sell the Saudis on the idea that America was the safest place to park their petrodollars. . . '
' . . . The U.S. would buy oil from Saudi Arabia and provide the kingdom military aid and equipment. In return, the Saudis would plow billions of their petrodollar revenue back into Treasuries and finance America’s spending. . . '
So just one more thing, seemingly a small thing, which erodes the information our own citizens have.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat...behind-saudi-arabia-s-41-year-u-s-debt-secret
' . . . even after the Government Accountability Office, in a 1979 investigation, found “no statistical or legal basis” for the blackout. The GAO didn’t have power to force the Treasury to turn over the data, . . . '
Okay, 15 out of the 19 Sept. 11th terrorists were Saudi citizens. Osama bid Laden himself was a Saudi citizen. I'm not telling you anything you don't know.The Untold Story Behind Saudi Arabia’s 41-Year U.S. Debt Secret
Bloomberg, Andrea Wong, May 30, 2016
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat...behind-saudi-arabia-s-41-year-u-s-debt-secret
' . . . In April [2016], Saudi Arabia warned it would start selling as much as $750 billion in Treasuries and other assets if Congress passes a bill allowing the kingdom to be held liable in U.S. courts for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to the New York Times. The threat comes amid a renewed push by presidential candidates and legislators from both the Democratic and Republican parties to declassify a 28-page section . . . '
Between 1967 and 1972, the 48 reactors that were completed before the Three Mile Island accident in 1979 began construction. Their OCC rise from a range of $600–$900/kW to approximately $1800–$2500/kW. These reactors follow a trend of increasing costs by 187%, or an annualized rate of 23%.
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As shown in Fig. 3 in blue, reactors that received their operating licenses before the TMI accident experience mild cost escalation. But for reactors that were under construction during Three Mile Island and eventually completed afterwards, shown in red, median costs are 2.8 times higher than pre-TMI costs and median durations are 2.2 times higher than pre-TMI durations. Post-TMI, overnight costs rise with construction duration, even though OCC excludes the costs of interest during construction. This suggests that other duration-related issues such as licensing, regulatory delays, or back-fit requirements are a significant contributor to the rising OCC trend.
I went with the colorful part first, as we humans often do.. . . I dunno how you skipped the important part of my post: A plant cost ten times as much and took nearly twice as long to build going from 1972 to 1983. . .
And often it’s the thing not true which gets people rolling! Or, the thing which is partially true and more serves as metaphor which really gets under people’s skin.Well speaking of the Sauds, perhaps some scandal involving anti-nuclear activists being revealed to be on the Saudi payroll might do the trick.
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Trans-Alaska Pipeline
http://historythings.com/on-this-day-june-20th/
Oil started flowing on June 20, 1977.
And even if we have a medium rift with Saudi Arabia, they’re still selling on the world market and we’re still buying on the world market.