Published: August 23rd, 2011 at 6:25 pm ET
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Sitting on a fault line, Free Lance-Star, March 16, 1991:
[T]he fault line that lies beneath two nuclear reactors [at the North Anna Nuclear Power Plant] remains a cause for concern [..]
That particular fault was discovered in 1970 when the plant was under contruction, but was not reported until 1973 to the Atomic Energy Commission. Scientists have said the fault is dead but Professor Day [a University of Virginia physics professor] isn’t convinced. [...]
Published: August 23rd, 2011 at 6:25 pm ET
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Uh…now the architects finally tell us…
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i think it seems like a good time to take it into consideration. You know, 38 years after the fact. I would say Japan’s doing pretty darn good getting us the important information only 4 months after its discovered. Wasn’t it just recently that we learned that TMI was far worse than we were originally told? I find it interrestig that Yale just built a new cancer center. Maybe some of us will share a room there in the future.
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And no way to monitor seismic activity… “seismographs removed in 1990s due to budget cuts?”
Quake sensors removed around Virginia nuke plant due to budget cuts
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/23/virginia-nuclear-plant-had-quake-sensors-removed-due-to-budget-cuts/
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Shut it down for ever would be the best thing to do of course.. Wonder what the ‘experts’ going to say.. Don’t worry it’s safe?
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really scary, i got to admit… one plant out of control was bad… but we got away with it. now a couple of months ago we got the second one going towards orbit and it still is anything but under controll…
please let us not have a third desaster..
and please, if there is some sort of justice out there, make those who benefit from nuclear most die last… and slowest… and most painfull… amen.
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“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.”
Albert Einstein
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“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
Albert Einstein
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The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Albert Einstein
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Hurricane Irene is heading towards another nuclear plant??
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Amen ALDIALi! Oh, and God, one more thing,…before they do die,…could you make them SEE us getting our good rewards first? Thanks!
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I like what Daniel Hirsch, UCSC Nuclear Policy Lecturer and former Director of the Adlai Stevenson Program on Nuclear Policy, said in this video – http://www.communitytv.org/programs/online/japanese-nuclear-disaster?gclid=CJ7TuoHR4aoCFRVVgwod3TXE9w
It went something like,
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Really good video! I have seen this video and I highly recommend it. You will be “waaaaay” smarter about Nuclear Power if you watch this.
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The land must of been real cheap to purchase too!
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IGNORE THE NAYSAYERS – they’ll end up getting us all killed.
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Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
Albert Einstein
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What are the odds of this earthquake having hit within 13 miles of a nuclear power facility? And if memory of news bits serves, the strongest one in 67 years, only 3.5 miles deep?
It at least begins to smack of geophysical warfare.
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They’re quoting 114 years, since the last quake here. It felt like a underground explosion near the epicenter (yeah, that’s me!)…
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Good point. WWIII with weather warfare.
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It at least begins to smack of geophysical warfare.
The ususal suspects or did you have some specific warfare mechanism in mind. Please spare us if you are a HAARPie…
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You don’t believe that Japan and the U.S. were attacked on March 11th?
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“dearth” is more like it
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What dazzles me is the earthquake was 5.9 and the plant was designed to 5.9. Where’s that old design base. I bet we would see a different story.
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I was just watching fox news. They showed a feed of North Anna power station. There was steam or smoke venting between they reactor building and what I think was the turbine building. Does anyone know much about the design and what the steam or smoke is being created by? Perhaps the exhaust from the generators?
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Could it possibly be the diesel engine smoke exhausts ?
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I worked in diesel power plants. Normally, the exhaust is clear. This is a matter of pride to diesel plant folks. A bad injector will make it black. Burning oil will make it white. Steam is also white, so it is important to know what color the smoke is at North Anne (Fuku #2). Anyone know?
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I saw white smoke on the NBC evening news.
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They said officially that they are venting steam and that there are no nuclear releases…
Anybody near there with a geiger counter?
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Breaking News: President Obama has just confirmed that the DC earthquake occurred on a rare and obscure fault-line, apparently known as “Bush’s Fault” ~ quoted from driffterr ~
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“Bush’s fault”??
Sorry, but LOL
That’s classic.
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FYI…just felt an earthquake here in the bay area. It was in the east bay, but because I live in a very large house on a hill, I tend to feel earthquakes that are fairly far away.
Anyway, it was a 3.6 in San Leandro; not too big, but bigger than usual…
Hope to get some sleep now…
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westcoastgirl, I feel worried for you all here on this list who live in the US.
I hope ypu’ll all be safe and people will finally wake up.
Have a good rest and take care.
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Nice tone
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I don’t live anywhere near the area, but you can bet your B-hole I’LL be monitoring the sitch!
Go back to bed now………sleep tight.
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There is a risk that a quake hits the plant to hard so that everything will fail. Dieselgernerators may survive but there is nothing attached to them anymore. Everything will overhead and blow up like in Fukushima. Running is then to late.. Good luck all.
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There is a risk that a quake hits the plant to hard so that everything will fail. Diesel generators may survive but there is nothing attached to them anymore. Everything will overhead and blow up like in Fukushima. Running is then to late.. Good luck all.
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We haven’t had a EQ in VA in 114 years. It’s a big deal–esp. a direct strike on North Anna. People who live near it in Va don’t trust North Anna.
They already have had so many releases and leaks at North Anna under normal conditions that they had to revoke all of their water point source permits a few years ago.
I doubt you’ve spent much time here!
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@m3ow131
Good evening m3, welcome to the world of shaking & quaking. It’s good to hear your local nuke plant made it through the moderate earthquake.
Hang in there ,those aftershocks can really be a pain sometimes.
Cheers!
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Big scandals with State oversight and Dominion power for years–ahhh, Virginia–so fond of corporate welfare!
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An earthquake expert on Fox News stated how this earthquake could have weakened many of the buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. to the point that even a structural engineer would not detect a problem. Then if another powerful earthquake hits the area, major structural damage can occur.
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“plant to hard” should be “plant too hard”. No disrespect, just grammar. Another sometimes confused is the usage of “their”, “there” and “they’re “. Maybe its just me wanting something to be write in the world. Did you catch both? “it’s” and “right”
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Spell police will be watching out for YOU, byron.
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