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FBaggins

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27. And there it is!

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 02:23 PM

Oct 2012

That didn't take long

Critics of U.S. nuclear-safety requirements said a few breaks, including that reactors such as Oyster Creek were idled for refueling, prevented a disaster...

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Gundersen said that if Oyster Creek was generating power, and the flood waters been just 6 inches deeper, it could have knocked out the pumps and triggered a disaster.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-30/nuclear-power-industry-survives-sandy-s-readiness-test.html

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Gundersen: 26 nuclear plants in area where Hurricane Sandy likely to hit � [View all] Kolesar Oct 2012 OP

Why does this feel like deja vu? dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #1

The denial in the rest of the thread is like deja vu, too. bananas Oct 2012 #17

Lol! That's a laugher all right. FBaggins Oct 2012 #18

The deja vu is uncanny - even the attacks on nuclear engineers who speak out bananas Oct 2012 #20

You didn't actually read that thread, did you? FBaggins Oct 2012 #21

How about today? Does it feel like deja vu now? AtheistCrusader Oct 2012 #32

*chirp* *chirp* caraher Nov 2012 #33

What an irresponsible nutcase FBaggins Oct 2012 #2

You realize debunking Anti-Nuke Jesus and his Industry of Fear wtmusic Oct 2012 #4

"What an irresponsible nutcase", "a reactor that poses no actual risk" bananas Oct 2012 #6

If killer bees were the news topic of the day... FBaggins Oct 2012 #8

More people were killed by Killer Bees this week than by any nuclear plant dbackjon Nov 2012 #37

Oh yeah, dback? RobertEarl Nov 2012 #41

Trying to prove a negative, is well, stupid dbackjon Nov 2012 #45

No, what is stupid is.... RobertEarl Nov 2012 #46

How many people were killed by falling trees in the last week? XemaSab Nov 2012 #47

Not you too RobertEarl Nov 2012 #48

Yes, me too. XemaSab Nov 2012 #49

I am merely asking you to prove your accusation. dbackjon Nov 2012 #54

Sigh - nuke education? RobertEarl Nov 2012 #55

What percentage of plutonium in the environment came from nuclear reactors? FBaggins Nov 2012 #56

Who does know? RobertEarl Nov 2012 #57

Who knows? YOU should. FBaggins Nov 2012 #58

My God RobertEarl Nov 2012 #59

Still badly wrong. FBaggins Nov 2012 #60

Answer the question RobertEarl Nov 2012 #61

Long since answered multiple times. FBaggins Nov 2012 #62

Truth is this RobertEarl Nov 2012 #63

I can't believe that you're that incapable of distinguishing within a range. FBaggins Nov 2012 #76

Heh RobertEarl Nov 2012 #77

There isn't one person here arguing that radiation is safe XemaSab Nov 2012 #64

Nuclear Radiation kills RobertEarl Nov 2012 #65

No, sorry, no difference XemaSab Nov 2012 #66

Heh RobertEarl Nov 2012 #67

What's that supposed to mean? XemaSab Nov 2012 #68

That's totally unfair. LeftyMom Nov 2012 #69

Wonder Twins activate! XemaSab Nov 2012 #70

Pistachio! GliderGuider Nov 2012 #71

And their sidekick, Secret Aardvark! LeftyMom Nov 2012 #72

Am I the "other poster?" caraher Nov 2012 #73

In the sense of "One, Two, Many" then you probably are. Nihil Nov 2012 #74

We've done this before RobertEarl Nov 2012 #75

Here's the SCIENCE PamW Nov 2012 #78

Thanks Pam RobertEarl Nov 2012 #80

The science is not, in fact, "clear as mud" FBaggins Nov 2012 #81

So RobertEarl Nov 2012 #82

Really??? PamW Nov 2012 #83

You didn't!? Yes, you did, PamW RobertEarl Nov 2012 #85

The main point went right over your head!!! PamW Nov 2012 #86

Denver has 3 times the Level as Fukushima? RobertEarl Nov 2012 #87

It's all there for you to READ!!! PamW Nov 2012 #88

You are partly right RobertEarl Nov 2012 #89

NO - I'm 100% CORRECT!! PamW Nov 2012 #90

I am flattered RobertEarl Nov 2012 #91

You shouldn't be. PamW Nov 2012 #92

From the past... PamW Nov 2012 #93

3 million people were killed this week by elves with light sabers backwoodsbob Nov 2012 #94

Good explanation! PamW Oct 2012 #10

And Oyster Creek has AtheistCrusader Oct 2012 #12

AMEN!! PamW Oct 2012 #31

He was on Democracy Now yesterday, too bananas Oct 2012 #3

Bull FBaggins Oct 2012 #5

Gunderson is so full of shit it would be funny, if he wasn't terrifying people AtheistCrusader Oct 2012 #13

It sucks to have to worry with the way the nuclear industry runs their plants madokie Oct 2012 #7

They should've shut them down before the storm arrived. bananas Oct 2012 #9

DHOOM! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE AtheistCrusader Oct 2012 #14

Get real. bananas Oct 2012 #22

Sure, nobody needs electricity right now. AtheistCrusader Oct 2012 #23

With transmission lines down and circuits shut off, they can't get it anyway. bananas Oct 2012 #25

So if anyone goes without power... they all should? FBaggins Oct 2012 #26

And when those measures occurred, the generating sources are taken offline. AtheistCrusader Oct 2012 #30

Gundersen has gone of the deep end. Odin2005 Oct 2012 #11

No, he hasn't. nt bananas Oct 2012 #15

You're right... that wasn't fair. FBaggins Oct 2012 #16

And when nothing happens and he's proven horribly wrong (again) NickB79 Oct 2012 #19

And an explanation for how close to disaster we really came. FBaggins Oct 2012 #24

And there it is! FBaggins Oct 2012 #27

Except we knew the storm was approaching a week in advance NickB79 Oct 2012 #28

Not exactly FBaggins Oct 2012 #29

And unlike many here presume, we have not been sitting on our hands since Fukushima Throckmorton Nov 2012 #34

Gee, who do we know has lied? RobertEarl Nov 2012 #38

So lies are ok when they support your viewpoint? Throckmorton Nov 2012 #39

What a crock RobertEarl Nov 2012 #40

Psychics also profit handsomely from telling the "truth" wtmusic Nov 2012 #43

Is this where you are coming from? RobertEarl Nov 2012 #44

Face it though Nick, you have to admire him ... Nihil Nov 2012 #35

His ability to miss the target is impressive, I will admit NickB79 Nov 2012 #36

What an awful thing to say RobertEarl Nov 2012 #50

More likely... PamW Nov 2012 #84

I wonder how he feels about the possibility that teh nucular will turn the Earth into Venus? GliderGuider Nov 2012 #42

Gundersen is WRONG, as always. PamW Nov 2012 #51

Hydro is gonna save us? RobertEarl Nov 2012 #52

Most ideas involving massive wind buildout also involve massive hydro buildout XemaSab Nov 2012 #53

WRONG!!!! WRONG!!! WRONG!!! PamW Nov 2012 #79