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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 05:57 AM Original message |
Is a 10 percent chance of disaster too high for a nuclear power station? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. DUH. Here's a better question: Can you stop it once it starts? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. This demonstrates the same hubris that exists everywhere within the fission industry. |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. 1% is too high |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. Fukushima has taught us that... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Even a pair of pliers can break |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. In the flurry of WSJ articles about hesitations on nuke construction |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 03:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That's a very good point ... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 05:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Greed and stupidity |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You can't engineer out greed or stupidity either; it is always with you. nt |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. 1 Event every 500 years or 0.2%/year or 2000ppm/yr |
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SpoonFed (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. WTF |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. ppm or Parts per million is for my quality friends who put field failures into that |
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SpoonFed (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Okay. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Chem Industry seems to use higher standards than Nuke |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. Ring of Fire + Nuclear Power = Fail! |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. If the disaster is Fukushima |
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