dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.rt.com 11/11/2013 11:36:28 AM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Nuclear_Power_Plant
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/73491/jv-ejercito-supports-restoration-of-bataan-nuclear-power-plant
[Edited on November 11, 2013 at 10:19 PM. Reason : Direct hit.] 11/11/2013 10:00:21 PM |
Sayer now with sarcasm 9841 Posts user info edit post |
That's a cute collection of buildings that have never once been utilized in any sort of nuclear capacity.
But keep posting. 11/12/2013 8:51:45 AM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
Last week the government was mounting a PR campaign to activate it, this week it may not even be there any more. It would follow the usual nuclear disaster blueprint: built by a dictator in a terrible location at great public cost, rejected during a period of temporary democracy and pursued again once corruption in Aquino's government reached sufficient levels.
Although those buildings may be the only ones still standing in that area now...as long as the volcano it's built on didn't erupt overnight. Nuclear power in southeast asia, whose population outnumbers the rest of the world combined, is asking for megadeaths. 11/12/2013 10:54:40 AM |
The E Man Suspended 15268 Posts user info edit post |
nuclear disasters aren't even that deadly. easy with the "megadeaths" talk 11/12/2013 11:19:43 AM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
There are worse fates than death. 11/12/2013 12:35:22 PM |
The E Man Suspended 15268 Posts user info edit post |
Radiation exposure isn't even that bad. Most of the population is so confused by movies and fiction that they think they will grow another head if they are exposed to a little extra radiation. Its ridiculous. 11/14/2013 11:00:00 AM |
Sayer now with sarcasm 9841 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Although those buildings may be the only ones still standing in that area now..." |
By your own admission, 40+ year old buildings still standing after taking a direct hit from the worst storm ever in recorded history.
Sounds like a testament to how durable the half-century old technology actually is.
Maybe you should calm down?11/14/2013 1:06:35 PM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
Fukushima proved that the buildings need not be destroyed for catastrophe to occur; a lack of backup generators due to flooding is sufficient. 11/14/2013 1:20:11 PM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
Raleigh power plant has been actively pumping 61 million gallons of unfiltered toxic waste into the Cape Fear river for over seven months. Regulators were unaware and apparently oblivious, since this was completely out in the open with bright red equipment.
Don't worry. Everything is A-OK.
http://www.wral.com/denr-cites-duke-energy-for-illegal-dumping-at-moncure-coal-ash-site/13496630/
[Edited on March 20, 2014 at 7:10 PM. Reason : Taking these aerial photos was an act of terrorism.] 3/20/2014 6:58:22 PM |
mrfrog ☯ 15145 Posts user info edit post |
^ Dude, wrong thread. 3/22/2014 12:55:17 PM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
Same company, 10 miles away from the nuke plant. If we can't trust them to keep water in a dirt pond, how can we trust them(or state/federal regulators) to manage something really dangerous.
It seems clear that after these aerial photos were given to the NCDENR, they immediately tipped off Duke Energy so they could remove the pumps ahead of the inspectors' arrival. These are criminal actions and are now being treated accordingly. 3/22/2014 2:23:44 PM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140602/roundup-skorean-activists-warn-nuclear-disaster-oldest-react
Quote : | "the ferry disaster and the reactor's lifespan extension had some in common, saying that the government' s insistence on "the safety of our nuclear reactors" was equivalent to orders made by the ferry sailors to passengers to " stay where they were."
As a bureaucratic Mafia, or the collusive links between bureaucrats and businessmen which President Park vowed to sever, was one of the main causes of the ferry accident, the nuclear Mafia caused corruption and illegalities in the nuclear industry, delivering faulty parts used in nuclear reactors and fabricating certificates for the parts.
As public interests on safety picked up following the ferry disaster, all the candidates running for the Busan mayor offered the closure of the Gori-1 reactor as one of their key campaign pledges." |
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/japan-nuke-plant-releases-tested-ground-water-23806790 Japanese courts forced to step in to stop corrupt government from restarting nuclear plants.6/3/2014 1:15:02 AM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.wral.com/industrial-washer-catches-fire-at-shearon-harris-no-injuries-reported/13968210/
OMG MELTDOWN AT SHEARON HARRIS! 9/10/2014 7:06:26 AM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
Three years later, and no work has yet been done to remove fuel from the damaged Fukushima reactors. All available manpower is being used in failed attempts to prevent further groundwater contamination. Workers are reaching exposure limits faster than new ones can be trained. Site cleanup is now projected to cost $100 billion and take 40 years.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/japans-nuclear-cleanup-stymied-water-woes-26850428
_______________________________________________________________ Meanwhile, 30 years after Chernobyl, money has run out for The New Safe Confinement barn that is being built. Instead of being finished this year as planned, best case estimates are an additional 5 years, assuming western nations continue giving money to Russia/Ukraine, which isn't likely to happen. Only then can work on dismantling the reactor commence.
http://www.dw.de/funding-woes-delay-new-chernobyl-cover/a-17997493
______________________________________________________________ A little thunderstorm clogged water intakes and forced an emergency plant shutdown in Michigan last week. http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2014/11/storm_nuke_plants_lake_michiga.html
______________________________________________________________ New Yorkers are furious over a forced price hike just to pay for a nuke plant, one of the oldest in the world, that's been losing $100 million annually for years. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/11/should_rochester_utility_customers_pay_extra_to_keep_a_nuclear_plant_from_shutti.html
[Edited on November 13, 2014 at 3:28 PM. Reason : .] 11/13/2014 3:12:00 PM |
aaronburro Sup, B 53062 Posts user info edit post |
Wait, you're going to bitch and moan about an expensive, aging power plant being kept online, when it's fucking morons like YOU that refuse to allow any new plants to be built to replace them, much less ones that are safer and more efficient? Shut the fuck up.] 11/15/2014 9:06:59 PM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
Natural gas is the way of the future. It's so cheap that energy companies are practically begging to shut down their nuke plants. The only thing keeping nuclear alive in this country is the massive expense involved in shutting them down and cleaning up the sites. All it will take now is for regulators to actually man up and start refusing rate hikes solely to keep unprofitable nuclear plants running. 11/15/2014 9:41:37 PM |
aaronburro Sup, B 53062 Posts user info edit post |
Sure you'll talk about today, but you'll conveniently ignore the previous 20 years of energy history, where companies wanted to replace plants, but morons like you wouldn't let them.] 11/15/2014 10:42:27 PM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
nuclear plants don't release greenhouse gasses. 11/16/2014 1:31:03 AM |
Pupils DiL8t All American 4960 Posts user info edit post |
Fukushima's facing another tsunami warning. 11/21/2016 5:09:16 PM |