tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post6858079738849549719..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Piping and MisinformationMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-17710348211148686022010-02-05T22:25:57.899-05:002010-02-05T22:25:57.899-05:00Good questions Meredith. Keep asking them. I would...Good questions Meredith. Keep asking them. I would love to see an independent investigator analyze the communications between Entergy, the Department of Public Service, and the contractors who performed the comprehensive reliability assessment (it was not an ISA, that is a different thing.) Until we find out "what did they know, and when did they know it." it is unclear whether the total responsibility should lie with Entergy. DPS too has a vested interest in seeing the reactor relicensed, to serve the interest of their real clients, the Utility Companies. Did they tell the contractors to conceal the existence of underground pipes from the Legislature appointed Oversight Committee? Did they break any laws, along with the public trust, in so doing? Does the buck and the investigation stop with Entergy? Watch them squeak and wiggle--do they protest too much?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-12704187166187374272010-02-05T08:52:06.354-05:002010-02-05T08:52:06.354-05:00Bob. There is underground piping. There is even ...Bob. There is underground piping. There is even underground piping that contains radionuclides. "Underground" just means "below grade level" so a pipe in a concrete holder, running along the floor of a building, is "underground" as I understand it. Assuming the floor of the building is somewhat below grade level, which would be common for buildings that have large water-tanks within them. <br /><br />I am not Entergy, and I don't have all the information, but my understanding is that they don't have "buried" piping that carries radionuclides. "Buried" piping is in contact with the earth, piping you have to dig up. Again, I don't have all the information. It seems they were asked about "underground" but may have answered about "buried." Except that sometimes the people asking used "underground" and "buried" interchangeably. <br /><br />In my next post, I ask the question...so, why didn't anybody check the piping diagrams?Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-72055151631344176572010-02-05T07:14:13.527-05:002010-02-05T07:14:13.527-05:00What I don't understand is
"Is there und...What I don't understand is<br /><br />"Is there underground piping or not?"Robert Hargraveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06846491141058940965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-88661364116358836462010-02-04T22:59:45.137-05:002010-02-04T22:59:45.137-05:00Meredith, you make a very good point about miscomm...Meredith, you make a very good point about miscommunication. Your story reminds me of another story I heard about a woman who wrote her husband a note to prepare her some top-ramen by 'breaking it up as little as possible' and then put it in the thermos. He followed the instructions and she opened her thermos to find a blob of noodles stuck in the thermos. <br /><br />This type of foggy communication seems to be going in this case as well. Needless to say, people need to get the kind of perspective on the leak issue that you offer.Jason Ribeirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863185203119704249noreply@blogger.com