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GoLeft TV

(3,912 posts)
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 08:55 AM Mar 2014

US Nuclear Agency Hid Safety Concerns After Fukushima

From Ring of Fire:

After the 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) made a conscious effort to downplay the risk of natural disasters to America’s aging nuclear facilities. According to a report from NBC, the commission actively worked to reassure the public about the safety of the US nuclear industry even as the agency’s own experts were questioning safety standards.

Emails obtained by NBC through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that officials intentionally hid nuclear industry safety concerns from the public.

“While we know more than these say, we’re sticking to this story for now,” Scott Burnell, a manager in NRC’s media and public relations wing, wrote in an email to his colleagues, thanking them for sticking to prearranged talking points.

You can read the full article here at Ring of Fire.

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US Nuclear Agency Hid Safety Concerns After Fukushima (Original Post) GoLeft TV Mar 2014 OP
I would be surprised dixiegrrrrl Mar 2014 #1
Germany ... captfoster5 Sep 2014 #2
Do you have a link for that? Because none of it is correct. FBaggins Sep 2014 #3

captfoster5

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2. Germany ...
Thu Sep 25, 2014, 06:11 PM
Sep 2014

did a ten year experiment. They were petitioned by the nuclear sector to build 3 new plants in Germany. They decided to go solar ... their initial plan was to create enough solar for three nuclear plants, they ended up with the power of nearly ten! Like oil, coal, and gas being 19th century technology, its time to put those and the 20th century behind us. We don't need no stinking nuclear.

FBaggins

(27,599 posts)
3. Do you have a link for that? Because none of it is correct.
Mon Sep 29, 2014, 12:42 PM
Sep 2014

Germany decided many years ago that they were not going to build any more reactors, the decison didn't coincide with an "experiment" in solar ... nor was the initial solar target "three nuclear plants".

More importantly, they only just recently exceeded the annual output of three new reactors last year (giving you the benefit of the doubt and assuming that's what you meant by "plant&quot . They're nowhere close to "nearly ten!" reactors worth of generation.

And, of course, they paid far more for the solar they've built so far than the cost of three reactors...even ignoring the cost of replacing those solar panels a couple times before the reactors wore out... and, of course, ignoring the cost of other generation that's necessary to back up solar power when the sun isn't cooperative.

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