NIMBY
The ultimate nimby assholes, the both of them.
Though I loathe and detest Kennedy I have some sympathy. They have a load of these silly winmills in the sea off the coast near me. They are a pathetic joke when it comes to efficiency. Maybe they should just hook them up to the national grid, run them in reverse and use them to do some glow ball cooling!
Nuclear is the answer and we could use the spare plutonium generated to bomb the dogshit out of Iran!
Let’s not forget all the lobbying that Walter “the commie” Cronkite did to scuttle this plan, also. Let’s face it, the liberals always think a plan is great, as long as it’s implemented elsewhere.
Posted by MikeyB
12/22/2006 at 11:18 AM
There are more of these things in Texas than anywhere else in the US. I think they look pretty cool!
hey yellow dog ;
“look cool” , great
but do they actually work as planned ??
i.e.: do they generate enough electricity to offset the costs ??Posted by l j
12/22/2006 at 12:21 PM
LJ, that’s what I’m wondering. If they more than pay for themselves then I think it’s a great idea. If they’re just a sop to the greenies then forget it. Remember tidal generators? Wonder whatever happened to them?
Yeah, nuke-you-lurr energy is the way to go. Just make sure we build them properly, that’s all I ask.
If the Kennedys sail the way they drive, I can see how some towers several hundred yards apart could pose a navigation problem. Of course when you have as much ill-gotten gain as they do, you can buy a big-ass boat.
Yeah, nuke-you-lurr energy is the way to go. Just make sure we build them properly, that’s all I ask. - Drew458
I got three words for you - Pebble Bed Reactors
Safety
Any PBMR station built in South Africa will adhere to the stringent local and international safety standards that are laid down for nuclear stations in South Africa and throughout the world.
The PBMR is walk-away safe. Its safety is a result of the design, the materials used and the physics processes rather than engineered safety systems as in a Koeberg type reactor.
The peak temperature that can be reached in the reactor core (1600 degrees Celsius under the most severe conditions) is far below any sustained temperature (2 000 degrees Celsius) that will damage the fuel. The reason for this is that the ceramic materials in the fuel such as graphite and silicone carbide - are tougher than diamonds.
Even if a reaction in the core cannot be stopped by small absorbent graphite spheres (that perform the same function as the control rods at Koeberg) or cooled by the helium, the reactor will cool down naturally on its own in a very short time. This is because the increase in temperature makes the chain reaction less efficient and it therefore ceases to generate power. The size of the core is such that it has a high surface area to volume ratio. This means that the heat it loses through its surface (via the same process that allows a standing cup of tea to cool down) is more than the heat generated by the decay fission products in the core. Hence the reactor can never (due to its thermal inertia) reach the temperature at which a meltdown would occur. The plant can never be hot enough for long enough to cause damage to the fuel.
Posted by MOMinuteman
12/22/2006 at 04:16 PM
12/22/2006 at 10:39 AM
