Not too long ago, we reviewed a report that looked at nuclear energy (and other energy sources) as biodiversity agents. This had to do, in part, with the amount of land a facility needs to function. Nuclear energy and fossil fuel plants use relatively little, wind farms and solar arrays quite a lot of land . Based on an objective and transparent analysis of our sustainable energy choices, we have come to the evidence-based conclusion that nuclear energy is a good option for biodiversity conservation (and society in general) and that other alternatives to fossil fuels should be subjected to the same cost–benefit analyses (in terms of biodiversity and climate outcomes, as well as sociopolitical imperatives) before accepting or dismissing them. Writer Barry Brook, who collected 75 scientists to endorse his paper, is interested in land use as it impacts flora and fauna. Biodiversity concerns do not get as much play as they might – and, when they do, it annoys many when land is withdraw...
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This design modification, which was done a few decades back, has been communicated at our website and in other places, sometimes folks miss it.
Thanks.
It is nothing but fluff. All it does is instruct plants to review their procedures and check readiness of equipment.
Something they should be doing on a regular, routine basis.
Why INPO should be writing a SER four days after the incident, not knowing the scope of the problems is mystifying to me.
I spent two years with INPO in the mid 1980 and participated in writing these documents.
We had an hydrogen gas excursion 10 hours following turbine trip at TMI. This was caused by the oxidation of approximately 30% of the zirconium fuel cladding.
The gases escaping through a pressurizer relief valve into the containment building.
Ignition of the gas most likely occurred during the remote cycling of one of these valves.
The maximum pressure to which the building experienced was 28 psig.
These containment buildings were designed for a pressure of about 60 psig, but structurally, should remain intact at twice that pressure.
It was about four days after the accident when our Industry Advisory Group received the Reactor Building pressure strip chart at breakfast and we became aware of it. Although, this information was available on the main control room console, it was not generally known to others.