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From: cuhulin on 13 Apr 2010 13:52 One time Hyman Rickover wanted to tour a nuclear powered Submarine, he wanted to check out that Submarine's nuclear power plant.The Captain of that nuclear powered Submarine refused to give him the tour. cuhulin
From: AZ Nomad on 13 Apr 2010 14:35 On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:01:11 +0000 (UTC), chuckcar <chuck(a)nil.car> wrote: >AZ Nomad <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote in >news:slrnhs2db9.97g.aznomad.3(a)ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net: >> On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:00:20 -0500, hls <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote: >> Probably because nobody wants a power plant that is ten thousand >> times more expensive per watt to operate than a standard atomic power >> plant and can only supply enough power to a town of 100,000. >> >No that's why the US doesn't *have* nuclear power now. No one wanted to >pay for proper maintenance for even the cheapest reactors. submarine reactors aren't cheap.
From: Scott Dorsey on 13 Apr 2010 15:16 In article <Xns9D59768856331chuck(a)127.0.0.1>, chuckcar <chuck(a)nil.car> wrote: >AZ Nomad <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote in >news:slrnhs2db9.97g.aznomad.3(a)ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net: > >> On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:00:20 -0500, hls <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote: > >> Probably because nobody wants a power plant that is ten thousand >> times more expensive per watt to operate than a standard atomic power >> plant and can only supply enough power to a town of 100,000. > >No that's why the US doesn't *have* nuclear power now. No one wanted to >pay for proper maintenance for even the cheapest reactors. Problem is, nobody wants to pay for proper maintenance of coal or gas-fired plants either. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
From: E. Meyer on 13 Apr 2010 15:40 On 4/13/10 12:01 PM, in article Xns9D59768856331chuck(a)127.0.0.1, "chuckcar" <chuck(a)nil.car> wrote: > AZ Nomad <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote in > news:slrnhs2db9.97g.aznomad.3(a)ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net: > >> On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:00:20 -0500, hls <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote: > >> Probably because nobody wants a power plant that is ten thousand >> times more expensive per watt to operate than a standard atomic power >> plant and can only supply enough power to a town of 100,000. >> > No that's why the US doesn't *have* nuclear power now. No one wanted to > pay for proper maintenance for even the cheapest reactors. > The reason the US doesn't have nuclear power now is Three Mile Island. The panic after that resulted a mountain of bureaucracy/red tape/expense that has stopped nuclear power in its tracks.
From: cuhulin on 13 Apr 2010 18:18
Grand Gulf nuclear power plant, at or near Stennis Space Center.Once in a while there is talk about adding on or building a new nuclear power plant there.I once read somewhere they spray orange juice around/on the grounds area to help keep down nuclear radiation. cuhulin |