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Category Archives: Energy
The news from Ajdabiya
Exactly as I predicted (and I’m not a military man just an ignorant civilian – as a 30 year veteran pointed out to me on the WSJ web site), the Kaddaffi military took the bypass road around Ajdabiya.
Posted in American Politics, Energy, Global Finance, Libya
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6 on a scale of 7
There is an international scale to measure the seriousness of a nuclear accident. The scale goes from 1 to 7. Three Mile Island was a 5, Chernobyl was a 7. The U.S. Military has stated that the Fukushima accident is … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
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What the financial markets are saying about Japan
Japan’s stock market has lost about 20% in the past 2 days. Currency markets are very stable given the provocation. The Bank of Japan is throwing everything that have to avoid a financial meltdown – very likely the Fed and … Continue reading
What is a Micro Sievert?
A Micro Sievert (µSv) is 1 millionth of a Sievert. A milisevert (mSv) is 1/1000 of a Sievert. 1 mSv = 10 rem (the older unit of measure) A Sievert is a measure of radiation dose, taking into consideration the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Power
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What happens when a spent fuel storage facility loses its cooling?
NY Times coverage A 1997 study by the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island described a worst-case disaster from uncovered spent fuel in a reactor cooling pool. It estimated 100 quick deaths would occur within a range of 500 miles … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Power, State of Fear-mongering
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Fukushima Reactor #4 on fire
At the start of the event, Reactor #4 was shut down for annual maintenance. So you’re probably wondering how #4 got into play? My antenna went up last night when someone wrote that #4 was not involved “yet”. Reactor #4 … Continue reading
Explosion at number 2 reactor
radiation level per hour is at a rate in hour equal to safe level for a year That means roughly 8000 times. It’s suspected the suppression vessel has ruptured. All non essential personnel are being evacuated.
Weather forecast for Fukushima on Tuesday
on Tuesday, the wind will be blowing from East to West. If anything goes boom, the cloud will head toward Korea and China
The latest Japan news…
Deferring to my cousin’s intimate knowledge of nuclear reactors… the high points… The electrical problems apparently were due to flooding of the room where all the electrical circuits were, which means they’ve had little if any control over anything since … Continue reading
Fukushima #1 Reactor 3 – containment building has exploded
As feared / predicted, the outer containment building at reactor 3 has exploded. It probably won’t be the last. Reactor #3 adds in the extra feature that it was fueled with the more advanced plutonium / uranium mixture instead of … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Global Finance
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Too Little, Too Late
Even if you are among those who like the idea of a no-fly zone, it would do nothing at this point. The city of Brega is now under government control. From the reports I’m reading, there are tanks, artillery and … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Energy, Libya
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Criticality and Boric Acid
While a nuclear plant is operating, the fuel rods are carefully spaced and control rods between them absorb the neutrons bouncing around that cause the fuel rods to continue the reaction. In a normal SCRAM, all of the control rods … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Power
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While you’re watching Japan…
The government forces are now in control of Brega in Eastern Libya – there is only one major town left now beween the Libyian military and the “Rebel Capital” city of Benghazi. There are reports that pro-government troops are coming … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Islam and war, Libya
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Pay no attention to the plutonium
Fukushima #1 power station has 6 reactors – reactors 4,5 and 6 were offline for maintenance. Reactor #1 has had the containment building blow up. Now comes the news that Reactor #3 at Fukushima #1 is very probably melting down, … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Energy, Nuclear Power, State of Fear-mongering
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Nuclear Fission melts steel
If you’re feeling good because the Japanese government is reporting that the Steel Reactor Pressure Vessel is intact, understand they’re lying to you, or stupid (or both). When a core melts down, the nuclear material and the control rods and … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Power
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