tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post2391116013349257962..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Lessons Learned and Information MissingMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-64524335858806602502011-03-30T21:31:10.747-04:002011-03-30T21:31:10.747-04:00Deckland. As I understand it there are hydrogen i...Deckland. As I understand it there are hydrogen igniters at various places in containment. Howard knows more about this than I do. I have heard them described as like diesel igniters. However, they do not work without electricity. The fundamental cause of so many problems was lack of electricity.Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-58854486958667333122011-03-30T10:15:33.264-04:002011-03-30T10:15:33.264-04:00I used to work for one of the mega power A&E’s...I used to work for one of the mega power A&E’s back in the day (fossil side) and my college roommate, who also worked there (nuclear side), mentioned to me that there were something like little spark plugs on the ceiling’s containment that were regularly or continuously energized to burn off accumulations of hydrogen gas. Is this true and how would that effect what we saw at Fukushima?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09875134546504734293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-41377976377976808842011-03-27T08:13:06.649-04:002011-03-27T08:13:06.649-04:00Yea, RCIC is 400gal/min...that is about a half a m...Yea, RCIC is 400gal/min...that is about a half a million gal a day.Mike Mulliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503388974475495672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-79818402658959317132011-03-26T20:04:28.154-04:002011-03-26T20:04:28.154-04:00MIke, I don't know how they made their decisio...MIke, I don't know how they made their decisions, and I don't know enough about operations to say anything really solid here. Thank you for the comment.<br /><br />As I understand it, all the diesel generators were in the basement where the switchgear got ruined by the tsunami.Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-52467637078504888272011-03-26T18:36:35.393-04:002011-03-26T18:36:35.393-04:00Why didn't they blow down.
You'd need a e...Why didn't they blow down.<br /><br />You'd need a emergency power source like a diesel generator on the roof and a means to vent reactor steam to an outside stack.<br /><br />At worst you need about 400 gals a minute to feed the core...<br /><br />God knows how long you could have lasted with the water in the mcond and the torus.<br /><br /><br />Then you could have refilled the torus if it got low... with low pressure waterMike Mulliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503388974475495672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-86068040483959637242011-03-26T09:13:12.359-04:002011-03-26T09:13:12.359-04:00Another note. I will rarely publish anonymous comm...Another note. I will rarely publish anonymous comments in the future. If they contain some information to share, I may publish them. If not, they go into the bit bucket. With all the new blog traffic about nuclear, several other bloggers have also had to be firmer in acting upon the statement that many of us write above the comment field: "anonymous comments are strongly discouraged on this blog."Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-31819058305487457762011-03-26T09:06:40.454-04:002011-03-26T09:06:40.454-04:00Thank you for your comments.
Yes, Karen, the main...Thank you for your comments.<br /><br />Yes, Karen, the main problem in Japan right now is that people don't have heat, electricity, and food. Sometimes I think even wanting to know more about Japan is selfish. After all, why should the Japanese spend any time informing people when they have so many direct, immediate problems? Other times I am deeply annoyed at the fact that HUGE events happen with almost no information released.<br /><br />I agree Cate that more than one nation should be involved. America has sent nuclear-expert teams and radiation monitoring teams. At the website below, you can get slide shows of American radiological monitoring in Japan on March 22 and 25. It's a blog, so the March 22 data is below the March 25 data. Both slide shows can be downloaded.<br /><br />http://blog.energy.gov/content/situation-japan/Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-86708706748137407882011-03-26T06:38:26.834-04:002011-03-26T06:38:26.834-04:00this is very earnest account -
I heard this mornin...this is very earnest account -<br />I heard this morning that Greenpeace<br />were also sending a radiation monitoring team - I think pro or anti-nuclear - the situation is grave- <br />I feel that there is a place for impartial international monitoring of<br />health, safety and enviromental concerns regarding the Nuclear Industry..where the liabilty for crisis management is rests internationally and is not the sole responsibilty or juridiction of the country affected. This way it may be possible to deal stratigically and transparently..I wondered whether you had an opinion on this.<br /><br />With regards<br />Cate Murraycate murraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-56054181960836387372011-03-26T00:11:59.093-04:002011-03-26T00:11:59.093-04:00Meredith, the main energy issue in Japan is lack o...Meredith, the main energy issue in Japan is lack of energy: <br />http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/quake-question-11-what-is-the.html<br /><br />I read somewhere that the number of deaths was small from the hydro break, but couldn't find it just now, somewhere in the single or low double digits if I remember correctly.<br /><br />And I think the man in the crane is ignored because he died before the plants started having problems. But I don't know.<br /><br />Good luck figuring out what is happening.Karen Streethttp://pathsoflight.us/musing/index.phpnoreply@blogger.com