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Baobab

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2. One possible effect of solar flares and loss of the ultimate heat sink - is multiple
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 02:14 PM
Apr 2016

meltdowns all around the world. The chance may be fairly high, I think its many orders of magnitude higher than terrorism, we narrowly missed a very powerful CME in 2012. the last such solar storm that did hit the Earth was in 1859 - the "Carrington event"

It would be bad enough for the solar storm to take the global power grid out, for months or even years, but the *lasting* damage caused by multiple nuclear meltdowns could set civilization back centuries or even make large parts of the planet uninhabitable.

This is a terrifying risk we take by not having multiple redundant power systems in place to keep the spent fuel pools cooled in the event of a disruption in the national power grids due to a CME like the carrington event in 1859. We narrowly missed one in 2012.


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Shutting Indian Point, as is the case with shutting any nuclear plant, will kill people. NNadir Apr 2016 #1
+1e6 phantom power Apr 2016 #6
As usual, the conclusion you offer isn't supported by the data. kristopher Apr 2016 #15
As usual... your keyhole-narrow focus has forced you to defend the ridiculous FBaggins Apr 2016 #18
With the Clean Power Plan in effect kristopher Apr 2016 #19
Laughable spin FBaggins Apr 2016 #20
Yes legislation has the power to alter reality. kristopher Apr 2016 #21
There's that active imagination again FBaggins Apr 2016 #22
One possible effect of solar flares and loss of the ultimate heat sink - is multiple Baobab Apr 2016 #2
A High-Pressure Pipeline Next to a Nuclear Power Plant. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Lodestar Apr 2016 #3
The pipeline is nearly 1/4 of a mile away from the nuke plant whitefordmd Apr 2016 #7
When YOU live within a 1/4 mile of this infrastructure I'll give your opinion Lodestar Apr 2016 #8
My opinion is not changed by where I live whitefordmd Apr 2016 #11
How Anti-Obama. How Pro-Fossil Fuel. wtmusic Apr 2016 #4
There are no growing dangers, but nice try. wtmusic Apr 2016 #5
"the nuclear renaissance is real"? Lodestar Apr 2016 #9
Despite the endless nonsense, nuclear energy remains, by far, the world's largest... NNadir Apr 2016 #10
Ha...was wondering when you'd show up. Lodestar Apr 2016 #12
No, being anti-nuke requires you accept fossil fuels, pollution, and climate change. wtmusic Apr 2016 #13
No it doesn't. kristopher Apr 2016 #16
Japan Inches Closer to Nuclear Revival as 3rd Reactor Starts wtmusic Apr 2016 #14
You're right. Sometimes the truth just sucks. Take your slant here... kristopher Apr 2016 #17
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