tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post4547920174928776951..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: Major Modifications and Upgrades to U.S. Boiling Water ReactorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-41926009733393848822011-04-08T12:48:25.496-04:002011-04-08T12:48:25.496-04:00Addition to crf's thoughts.
Putting a time lim...Addition to crf's thoughts.<br />Putting a time limit like five years on the time spent fuel can stay in a pool seems like a reasonable rule. Moving the spent fuel to cask storage is something we know how to do. The cask uses passive air cooling that works even if all power is lost. Why would this not be a good rule?Martin Burklehttp://martin.burkle@att.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-183644086759380112011-04-08T12:32:55.814-04:002011-04-08T12:32:55.814-04:00One obvious thing to look at improving safety is t...One obvious thing to look at improving safety is the spent fuel ponds. They are a source of anxiety at fukushima, if not a real danger.<br /><br />1) A way of getting water to fuel ponds from the plant's exterior from a normal fire hose and pump truck.<br /><br />2) A light containment around the fuel pond, which could roll over the top of it, with a filtered vent.<br /><br />3) Cameras with emergency battery backup, to look at the ponds.<br /><br />4) Hydrogen management.crfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726414637021391906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-40669963390365512902011-04-08T12:19:48.579-04:002011-04-08T12:19:48.579-04:00This shows, I think, the need for more internation...This shows, I think, the need for more international cooperation in implementing and auditing safety improvements in nuclear plants. <br /><br />The industry cannot afford not to do this, because, as fukushima shows, one particular accident anywhere will affect the public's view of all nuclear everywhere.crfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726414637021391906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-14731924278347443212011-04-07T18:11:51.782-04:002011-04-07T18:11:51.782-04:00Better design does make a difference.
Reactor 6 is...Better design does make a difference.<br />Reactor 6 is a later and better design than Reactors 1 through 5. The key difference is the air tight building around the emergency generator which saved the generation from destruction. Reactor 5, which is of the old design, lost it's generator but a line was run from reactor 6 to 5 saving reactor 5 from the fate of rectors 1 to 4. We know the same wave hit reactor 5 and reactor 6, but the extra protection saved reactor 6's emergency generator.<br />Japans root problem was not upgrading safety features of the older plants.<br />Better design was the difference.Martin Burklehttp://martin.burkle@att.netnoreply@blogger.com