tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786783108846468976.post2170311469446645627..comments2024-03-03T02:40:44.015-06:00Comments on The Hemlock Tea Room and Ladies' Emporium: NRC ENDANGERS LIVES BY BENDING RULES FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786783108846468976.post-24525106547621884932017-06-30T11:19:15.688-05:002017-06-30T11:19:15.688-05:00in his book “Fukushima” Dave Lochbaum writes “Afte...in his book “Fukushima” Dave Lochbaum writes “After the hydrogen explosion at Three Mile Island…the NRC required that the relatively vulnerable Mark I and II containments be “inerted” with nitrogen gas to prevent such explosions.”<br />But, as Lochbaum states, this was not the Mark I’s only problem. A prolonged station power blackout would result in the core melting through the reactor vessel inside the containment and the steel containment liner itself, defeating each of the multiple layers meant to prevent radioactive materials from reaching the environment. <br />In Japan today, the Abe administration seeks to restart other Mark I reactors, as well as Mark II reactors. For the list, go to https://sputniknews.com/voiceofrussia/2012_07_04/Japan-starts-up-after-Fukushima/. In 1972 an Atomic Energy Commission member, Dr. Stephen Hanuaer, recommended that this TYPE of system be discontinued.<br /> The General Electric Mark I and Mark II Boiling Water Reactors (BWR) are the most vulnerable in this regard. Nearly one in three reactors in the U.S. is of this design – 32 in all at the time of that report. These reactors store their spent fuel in pools several stories above ground and outside the reactor containment structure, as opposed to on or below the ground and inside the reinforced concrete containment dome.<br /><br />An NRC report issued in 2000 stated that “Mark I and Mark II secondary containments generally do not appear to have any significant structures that might REDUCE the likelihood of aircraft penetration,” and that a fuel pool fire could cause casualties up to 500 miles away.<br />The 9/11 Commission noted in June 2004 that al Qaeda’s original plan for September 11 was to hijack 10 airplanes and crash two of them into nuclear plants. <br />ALL BOILING WATER REACTORS ARE WIDE OPEN TO SUCH ATTACKS.<br />SEE https://www.citizen.org/our-work/climate-and-energy/nuclears-fatal-flaws-security#_edn9 AND FOLLOW ALL THE LINKS. <br /><br /><br />Waninahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05714851314831283910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786783108846468976.post-14535147023397622632017-06-30T10:52:56.847-05:002017-06-30T10:52:56.847-05:00SOME HAVE POINTED TO THE CNN 'REPORT' THAT...SOME HAVE POINTED TO THE CNN 'REPORT' THAT THERE ARE "ONLY" 23 IDENTICAL REACTORS TO FUKUSHIMA'S IN THE U.S.<br />There are 23 Mark I boiling water reactors in the US and 8 Mark II boiling water reactors that are the subject of this Nuclear Regulatory Commission vote.<br />23 + 8 = 31<br />The Commission vote and notation sheet can be read at:<br /><br />http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/cvr/2012/2012-0157vtr.pdf<br /><br />CNN CAN BE USED FOR TOILET PAPER IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY...IF YOU DON'T CARE WHAT TOUCHES YOUR ASS.<br /><br />//WWWaninahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05714851314831283910noreply@blogger.com