Re:Fukushima Reactor: TEPCO robot aims to extract nuclear fuel
by rbanffy on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @05:20AM
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“What happens if we lose the generators?” is not a hard question to come up with. I have a great imagination and a long career built on, among other things, asking pointed questions. I would have asked that very same question, as well as “how unlikely?” as the next one.
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Re:Fukushima Reactor: TEPCO robot aims to extract nuclear fuel
by natmaka on Thursday October 10, 2024 @04:03AM
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> “What happens if we lose the generators?”
They knew. Especially after Forsmark, 2006 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsmark_Nuclear_Power_Plant#J... ), which was a major subject for the industry. The first stages of a similar incident happened in France decades before.
... and it didn't change anything.