Comments on Nuke Pro: Britian Shuts Down An Old Reactor 44 YO. NO, They Will Not Last for 80 Years.

The technology is doable, the problem comes when y...

2016-01-06T09:52:44.082-08:00

The technology is doable, the problem comes when you mix humans and nuclear on the same planet.

Look at the Beatty dump, look how many rules were broken, thousands of radioactive tools sold for profit....humans cannot be trusted.

Dominion over the animals doesn't mean we can throw them to a painful slow death, yet we are.

There is no engineering magic wrt 40 years. It was...

2016-01-06T07:21:34.087-08:00

There is no engineering magic wrt 40 years. It was based on amortization tables. Engineered structures properly cared for can last indefinitely as long as the materials can hold up. Look at the GG Bridge. Classic example. Google its 50th anniversary and tell me loading it with 350k pedestrians didn't give someone concern.

You as a materials engineer understand the issues. Entitlement is really a canard. Reactors can be run at lower power extending plant life. Another issue is just tech itself. Nuclear plants are mostly analog machines because regulators just dont trust digital and computer vulnerability. Yet modern tech usually makes these machines more efficient. And that's what people usually squawk about, the economics.

Imagine modern nuclear operating as an inherently safe, self correcting machine that recycles its actinides in an optimal manner.

Both waste and safety issues dealt with by design.

It was called the IFR and Clinton killed it. For political reasons.

But the story doesnt end there.

Many reasonable people believe as I do that the technology is doable. Its not the hubris of man.

Man was meant to have dominion of all plants, animals, and minerals. The Bible tells us that.

That includes all elements of tge earth, including actinides.

Look if man weren't to be trusted with the materials of the earth, then start with the right proportions ofsulfur, nitrogen, potassium or what we know as gunpowder.

But leave hops, barley, malt alone.

For that matter what about water?

There is no engineering magic wrt 40 years. It was...

2016-01-06T07:20:23.776-08:00