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In reply to the discussion: So it turns out that nadinbrzezinski was correct re Fukushima [View all]FBaggins
(26,727 posts)As apparently may be your reading comprehension. You seriously compare your statements on those three threads to what actually happened and think "looks like I was mostly right"?
Now I'm really stuck I can't figure out whether the problem is memory... or math skills ("mostly" ... or reading comprehension... or just grasp of reality. * (Yes - these are all jabs meant in fun - you were actually one of the less-irrational on the subject at the time - I remember a number of decent arguments... just not these).
I seem to recall you were among a group of meltdown deniers at the time,
Your memory is flat wrong. I was in fact among the first to label it as such.
and that group also was in denial about the inevitability of escape and dispersal of highly radioactive steam and water
But... of course... you're entirely comfortable making that claim yet again without any evidence despite being called on it... because it's just not worth your time to back it up... right?
Steam/gases were inevitable once they couldn't keep the cores covered... water leaks were only slightly less probable (and that ended with explosions). The stuff I was denying was the likelihood of total containment failure (the core escaping), or Chernobyl-like core explosions, fires, etc.), or any real likelihood of ongoing criticality restarting. All of which was correct.
As for your assertion that five additional reactors will go on line in the coming years, those are permits,
They're units under active construction, not just permits. Construction is essentially complete on the first of the five and it's undergoing testing (pressure, etc.) with initial fuel loading expected this summer.
even if they were all built that is a fraction of those that will be decommissioned during the same period.
That remains to be seen, but would hardly be a surprise given the age of the existing fleet. What does that have to do with whether new units are being built?
You're defending the Eastern Front, and it's only a matter of time before it's over.
You're living in a fantasy world and it's only a matter of time before you'll have to return to reality.