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Throckmorton

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18. Not universally true,

Thu May 31, 2012, 10:12 PM

May 2012

"Actually, in US power plants, the reactor is surrounded by a containment building / dome and the pressure in the containment is slightly LESS than atmospheric."

Some plants have sub-atmospheric containments, some do not.

Millstone Unit 2 is not a sub-atmospheric design, Millstone Unit 3 is.

One is a Combustion Engineer/Bechtel Design. One is a Westinghouse/Stone & Webster design.

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Big Coal and Nuke Power Plant Owners [View all] RobertEarl May 2012 OP

Hardly an accurate statement in there. FBaggins May 2012 #1

Well let me see madokie May 2012 #2

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In my eyes the election of '80 was the first out right theft of the Presidency in modern times madokie May 2012 #4

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Great idea Carter had RobertEarl May 2012 #7

Wasn't Carter's idea PamW May 2012 #9

You forget one of Carter's other ideas... FBaggins May 2012 #10

wow RobertEarl May 2012 #11

What a crock FBaggins May 2012 #12

I have a good memory for stupid quotes... PamW May 2012 #14

Not universally true, Throckmorton May 2012 #18

In my area are three big electricity suppliers RobertEarl May 2012 #13

TVA of course.. PamW May 2012 #15

Yep. TVA is government owned RobertEarl May 2012 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author FBaggins May 2012 #17