Japan Does Not Face Another Chernobyl

Post by adsr » Mon, Mar 14, 2011, 1:46 PM UTC

ars wrote: post #6

btmorex wrote: post #5

This is a bad article. 1.) He argues that the three mile island accident means that the containment vessel will hold now. Even if they were the exact same reactor design, that doesn't logically follow, but they aren't the same design which gives even less credence to this argument. 2.) He says that once the reactor is flooded with water they won't have to do any more pressure releases. Again, I don't see how that fol…

1.) Reactors aren't magic. They have very well defined properties. It's pretty easy to calculate if a containment vessel will hold. This type of engineering happens every day in every building you go in and every car you ride. 2.) The containment structure is quite large, and the residual heat is relatively low. There is a lot of water there, presumably too much for the residual heat to boil. (The water normally flow…

Post by mbateman » Mon, Mar 14, 2011, 1:51 PM UTC

btmorex wrote: post #5

This is a bad article. 1.) He argues that the three mile island accident means that the containment vessel will hold now. Even if they were the exact same reactor design, that doesn't logically follow, but they aren't the same design which gives even less credence to this argument. 2.) He says that once the reactor is flooded with water they won't have to do any more pressure releases. Again, I don't see how that fol…

Post by pyre » Mon, Mar 14, 2011, 1:58 PM UTC

adsr wrote: post #11

ars wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1.) Reactors aren't magic. They have very well defined properties. It's pretty easy to calculate if a containment vessel will hold. This type of engineering happens every day in every building you go in and every car you ride. 2.) The containment structure is quite large, and the residual heat is relatively low. There is a lot of water there, presumably too much for the residual heat to boil. (The water normally flow…

Three reactors are affected, and two plants, Fukushima and Onagawa. I would say that an earth quake and tsunami is outside the well defined.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 14, 2011, 2:04 PM UTC

adsr wrote: post #11

ars wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1.) Reactors aren't magic. They have very well defined properties. It's pretty easy to calculate if a containment vessel will hold. This type of engineering happens every day in every building you go in and every car you ride. 2.) The containment structure is quite large, and the residual heat is relatively low. There is a lot of water there, presumably too much for the residual heat to boil. (The water normally flow…

Three reactors are affected, and two plants, Fukushima and Onagawa. I would say that an earth quake and tsunami is outside the well defined.

Post by dublinclontarf » Mon, Mar 14, 2011, 2:11 PM UTC

neutronicus wrote: post #3

That article makes it sound like the decision to use graphite is stupid and will never be made again. This isn't true, a lot of the gen-4 designs are graphite-moderated.