Forgetting Fukushima

[Anomalocaris]

Seems like India didn`t learn the lessons out of what happened in Japan last year.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/worl...68662.html




Now I come from a country in which the antinuclear sentiment is that big and widespread that a entire political party rose out of that protestmovement (the greens).
So I`d be very suprised if someone here would actualy argue for nuclear power, and not because it`s such a ludacris opinion to have from my point of view, but because I was never confronted with people who had that opinion.

How do you know? The lesson of Fukushima is even an obsolete nuclear powerplant, without a waterproof and airtight containment shell capable of withstanding a 747 flying into it, is nonetheless essentially capable of withstanding the third most powerful earthquake ever recorded, and one of the largest tsunami ever recorded, in rapid succession.

The weakness of Fukushima, only made a problem by reliance for grid power for black start and insufficient protection for blackstart backup, in fact easily overcome, and by no means common to nuclear plants. Put backup diesels in the main building rather than the basement, or provide watertight protection to the electrical control of the diesel generators, and Fukushima would still be running today.

How do you know this lesson is not learned???

As to solar power, even in Arizona with cheap subsidized Chinese panels, solar power can not achieve grid parity.