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Those were state of the art reactors in Japan with triple redundancy...but the diesel generators to maintain the cooling systems only had 11 hours of life prior to shutdown, and this event was bigger than anyone dreamed. My understanding is that our plants have 4 hours of generator time...which isn't quite as nice.
It's pretty frightening to think about a system that takes weeks to neutralize, and the cooling ponds can't ever be just let alone. I'm looking for my own dome...I could manage my own ecosystem, right?
Not true. There are two emergency diesel generators at Wolf Creek. They are designed to operate indefinitely and there are thousands and thousands of gallons of fuel there and available.
The plants in Japan are boiling water reactors which are entirely different from the condensing cooling reactors at Wolf Creek. Wolf Creek system keeps cooling water separate from the closed system radiated components. All of a BRTs cooling water is contained in the plant. Wolf Creek constantly circulates fresh water from the lake to cool it's plant. There is also an ultimate heat sink in the cooling lake that in the event the lake went dry there is enough water left in the heat sink that will keep the plant cool for an additional 72 hours. I don't think with all our moisture lately we need to worry about that huge lake going dry.
Remember when the news reports about things like nuclear energy they will always slant against it. It creates more sensationalism. They've taken the focus of a tsunami disaster and tried to make it look like a nuclear accident. That's such a small part of the destruction and loss of property and life there.
I believe that in order for life to sustain we need to get back to using natural resources like wind and the sun. I have a degree in Power Plant Technology and I do believe there is a better way. Hopefully by the time the Wolf Creek's usable life is up, we will have enough wind and solar power contained to produce our electricity.
Then we can all raise our chickens and vegetables without fear....... or at least until we have a huge earthquake or something.
Those were state of the art reactors in Japan with triple redundancy...but the diesel generators to maintain the cooling systems only had 11 hours of life prior to shutdown, and this event was bigger than anyone dreamed. My understanding is that our plants have 4 hours of generator time...which isn't quite as nice.
It's pretty frightening to think about a system that takes weeks to neutralize, and the cooling ponds can't ever be just let alone. I'm looking for my own dome...I could manage my own ecosystem, right?
Not true. There are two emergency diesel generators at Wolf Creek. They are designed to operate indefinitely and there are thousands and thousands of gallons of fuel there and available.
The plants in Japan are boiling water reactors which are entirely different from the condensing cooling reactors at Wolf Creek. Wolf Creek system keeps cooling water separate from the closed system radiated components. All of a BRTs cooling water is contained in the plant. Wolf Creek constantly circulates fresh water from the lake to cool it's plant. There is also an ultimate heat sink in the cooling lake that in the event the lake went dry there is enough water left in the heat sink that will keep the plant cool for an additional 72 hours. I don't think with all our moisture lately we need to worry about that huge lake going dry.
Remember when the news reports about things like nuclear energy they will always slant against it. It creates more sensationalism. They've taken the focus of a tsunami disaster and tried to make it look like a nuclear accident. That's such a small part of the destruction and loss of property and life there.
I believe that in order for life to sustain we need to get back to using natural resources like wind and the sun. I have a degree in Power Plant Technology and I do believe there is a better way. Hopefully by the time the Wolf Creek's usable life is up, we will have enough wind and solar power contained to produce our electricity.
Then we can all raise our chickens and vegetables without fear....... or at least until we have a huge earthquake or something.
