Nuclear Power...It is safe....Really....Trust them.
Last
year Obama said Nuclear Power Plants in the United States are safe.
Sure Russia has had problems in the past. And sure Japan
has had problems more recently. And sure there were issues at 3
Mile Island a couple of decades ago. But this is 2012 and
everything is safe as can be….Don’t you even worry your silly little
head. Just trust them……
Eight tubes failed during earlier pressure tests in the Unit 3 reactor and "we have not seen that in the industry before,"
"It's these four steam generators that either have, or are susceptible to, this type of problem," Collins said, referring to the unusual damage caused when alloy tubes vibrate and rattle against each other or brackets that hold them in place.
The tubes have to be thin enough to transfer heat, but thick enough to hold up under heavy pressure. They represent a critical safety barrier — if a tube breaks, there is the potential that radioactivity can escape into the atmosphere. Also, serious leaks can drain protective cooling water from a reactor.
Everything sounds safe to me….
federal regulators have
determined that design flaws appear to be the cause of excessive wear in tubing
that carries radioactive water through California's troubled San Onofre nuclear
power plant
The twin-reactor plant between Los Angeles and San Diego
has been idle since January, after a tube break in one of four, massive steam
generators released traces of radiation. A team of federal investigators was
dispatched to the plant in March after the discovery that some tubes were so
badly corroded that they could fail and possibly release radiation, a
stunning finding inside the virtually new equipment.
Eight tubes failed during earlier pressure tests in the Unit 3 reactor and "we have not seen that in the industry before,"
"It's these four steam generators that either have, or are susceptible to, this type of problem," Collins said, referring to the unusual damage caused when alloy tubes vibrate and rattle against each other or brackets that hold them in place.
"It's not too hard to frame up the problem," he added.
"The answers are very difficult, or they already would have
emerged."
What's at issue is why so many tubes degraded so quickly, when the design changes were intended to improve the plant's performance and longevity.
What's at issue is why so many tubes degraded so quickly, when the design changes were intended to improve the plant's performance and longevity.
The tubes have to be thin enough to transfer heat, but thick enough to hold up under heavy pressure. They represent a critical safety barrier — if a tube breaks, there is the potential that radioactivity can escape into the atmosphere. Also, serious leaks can drain protective cooling water from a reactor.
Everything sounds safe to me….
posted by res17 at
June 19, 2012
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