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Category Archives: Energy
Power in Libya
It’s hard to hide high tension power lines from a satellite. More often than not, the power lines lead you to important things if you follow them. So I was pretending I’m an intelligence analyst and mapping out the pipelines … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Libya, Obama Nation
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2004: Underwater natural gas pipeline connects Libya to Italy
http://www.gasandoil.com/GOC/news/nte44584.htm “Today, a new era of rapprochement and cooperation starts between out two peoples thanks to this project which will supply Italy with 10 % of its energy needs,” said Berlusconi The project, started in 2003, has been built by … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Global Finance, Libya
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The Murzuq oil fields
Way out in the middle of the Sahara desert, there are an estimated 2 billion barrels of recoverable oil in the Murzuq basin (overlooking for the moment how decaying organic matter got 8000 feet under a desert)… Important to understanding … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Global Finance, Libya
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The Battle for Ajdabiya
During the battle at Gettysburg, townspeople gathered to watch what was about to happen. In that spirit… All battle plans begin with a map Ajdabiya in normal times has a population for about 75,000 people. It isn’t directly involved in … Continue reading
Alpha, Beta, Gamma and you
Washington Post Atomic science 101 and why the US State Department was wrong Japan’s current advice is that people stay more than 20 km away from the plants, and if they’re 20-30 km away, that they stay inside. First, the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Power
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The power distribution issue at Fukushima
Over at the WSJ shortly after this thing started, I posted a benign comment using my real name explaining that Nuclear Plants don’t run using their own generated power – that they are reliant on outside power to operate, or … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Power
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Concrete Ablation
MIT Nuclear Information Site Suggested by my relative… It goes a bit more into depth about the actual process of a “meltdown” in the reactor vessel. It’s not materially different than anything I’ve said to this point. It adds a … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Power
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USS Ronald Reagan and Japan
Michael “Savage” Weiner is getting more and more dangerous with his tyrades based on emotion, not facts. I would not feel any sense of loss if he vanished from the radio airwaves. This week he called “for the head of … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Energy, Internet Streaming, Nuclear Power, Radio Biz
Tagged Cowardice, Fear-mongering, Japan, Radiation, savage, USS Ronald Reagan
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The MOX fuel in Reactor 3 – does it matter?
There is much fretting over whether the MOX fuel in Fukushima Reactor 3 – if it has melt down or does melt down – is a bigger problem than the other problems. Let’s clear up some of the issues
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Power
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More on Spent fuel storage
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world/asia/18spent.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=world A great article – what the NY Times can be when it wants to… Details it brings out (or things correcting misunderstandings on my part)
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Power, State of Fear-mongering
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Legal radiation limit too low? Just raise it!
http://www.inlandnewstoday.com/story.php?s=18279 This isn’t really a crticism – just bringing in some reality. The Japanese authorities have raised the limit to 250 milliSieverts (mSv), or 1/4th of a Sievert. 1 Sievert is where you start getting sick and substantial increased risk … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Power
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Criticaliity analogy
So trying to reduce it to something your grandmother could understand, recognizing there are 1000 exceptions and caveats A nculear power reactor operates like a stagecoach going over a mountain. When things start up, you have to hook up the horses … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Power
Tagged Fukushima, Nuclear Power
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Blackmail time
BBC Beyonce and other folks who were glad to accept large sums of money from Libya before the media decided Libya and its leader are “evil” and suddenly have seen the error of their ways (phooey – take your dirty money … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Libya, State of Fear-mongering
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GE is on the way
Japan’s TV is reporting that GE is flying in several portable gas turbine generators to Fukushima, which would be to try to restore the on-site electric power, which be a really good thing.
Posted in Energy, Global Finance, State of Fear-mongering
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The 1-7 scale for nuclear safety incidents
The IAEA Web Site The criteria for the various levels – Fukushima #1 is now at 6+ The manual explaining the scale is available here