poweralert....

[Brian_G]

In all honesty, everything else of nuclear concern aside this political bunch couldn't build a hut with instructions.
So why worry..

 

[Lupus]

Lets say DBN had a nuclear power plant and something like the July looting happened. What then?

Considering they survive war, they would probably survive

 

[AlphaJohn]

In all honesty, everything else of nuclear concern aside this political bunch couldn't build a hut with instructions.
So why worry..

Cause they will overspent and under think the whole project, and then insist on 30%'er to manage it.

 

[Lupus]

We dealing with it by not dealing with it.....

Every country has their own methods of just putting it in containers and ignoring the problem.

https://cen.acs.org/environment/pollution/nuclear-waste-pilesscientists-seek-best/98/i12

Yes which still uses less space then a football field and it's not being ignored and as stated it's safer then the other byproducts of power sources.

 

[Lupus]

Thing is it can happen, and these days the weather is whacky.


This country is not safe. Nothing can be counted on with authority here.

So you want to build power that rely on whacky weather?

 

[AlphaJohn]

Yes which still uses less space then a football field and it's not being ignored and as stated it's safer then the other byproducts of power sources.

You ignoring Eskom's sabotage and maintenance history.

Look I am all in if we get someone like France to build and run it privately,
As part of SA's Eskom <---Oh hell no.

 

[Lupus]

You ignoring Eskom's sabotage and maintenance history.

You're ignoring the fact we've had a nuclear power station for 42 years already.

 

[Brian_G]

So you want to build power that rely on whacky weather?

Does it go boom? No, then it's an improvement.

You ignoring Eskom's sabotage and maintenance history.

Look I am all in if we get someone like France to build and run it privately,
As part of SA's Eskom <---Oh hell no.

Seriously, someone needs to buy an island and pipe the power to the mainland.

You're ignoring the fact we've had a nuclear power station for 42 years already.

It's only become dangerous in the last 5 or so. Tick, tick

 

[AlphaJohn]

You're ignoring the fact we've had a nuclear power station for 42 years already.

Its in fact Koeberg that has me worried. We already trying to extend its use to 2045.
Internationally compared its actually very small, and was originally staffed by pre 30% pass rate candidates, some still even work there. New stations not gonna have that Luxury.

 

[wingnut771]

You're ignoring the fact we've had a nuclear power station for 42 years already.

You're ignoring the fact that everyone running Koeberg has left or are leaving.

 

[Lupus]

Does it go boom? No, then it's an improvement.


Seriously, someone needs to buy an island and pipe the power to the mainland.


It's only become dangerous in the last 5 or so. Tick, tick

Well any thermal power station can go boom and if they've not done it yet with the massive amount of incompetence on show.
Also we've not sat around after Fukushima doing nothing, there have been advances and lessons learnt.
Also solar and wind will probably end up killing more then nuclear

 

[Brian_G]

For those with access - Carte Blanche busy airing an investigation now about if / when the crisis can be fixed.

 

[Lupus]

Its in fact Koeberg that has me worried. We already trying to extend its use to 2045.
Internationally compared its actually very small, and was originally staffed by pre 30% pass rate candidates, some still even work there. New stations not gonna have that Luxury.

Yes a few nuclear plants are being extended, as sadly people have gone on the whole green kick and making it harder for nuclear plants to be built to replace the old.

 

[Brian_G]

Well any thermal power station can go boom and if they've not done it yet with the massive amount of incompetence on show.
Also we've not sat around after Fukushima doing nothing, there have been advances and lessons learnt.
Also solar and wind will probably end up killing more then nuclear

Great, more to worry about... but seriously, you don't see nuclear as a higher risk here? I'm surprised, you're very level-headed.

 

[Priapus]

For those with access - Carte Blanche busy airing an investigation now about if / when the crisis can be fixed.

Ah pity I can’t watch.

 

[AlphaJohn]

Yes a few nuclear plants are being extended, as sadly people have gone on the whole green kick and making it harder for nuclear plants to be built to replace the old.

Latest red flag raised at Eskom’s Koeberg station involves technician making a ‘critical error’

Up until now, the Koeberg nuclear power station has an unblemished safety record, but the problems seem to be mounting and Eskom is putting on a brave face. Should South Africans worry?

www.dailymaverick.co.za

 

[Lupus]

Great, more to worry about... but seriously, you don't see nuclear as a higher risk here? I'm surprised, you're very level-headed.

With international regulation boards nuclear is a lot stricter then coal, wind, hydro, solar what ever.
In fact a hydro plant failing would probably kill more people then a nuclear plant incident.

 

[Brian_G]

With international regulation boards....

We belong to the international body for frequency allocation and control, our terrestrial TV services continue to abuse the airwaves years after the deadline.
We ignored a number of international Covid directives (good thing IMO).
The list goes on and on..

 

[Lupus]

Latest red flag raised at Eskom’s Koeberg station involves technician making a ‘critical error’

Up until now, the Koeberg nuclear power station has an unblemished safety record, but the problems seem to be mounting and Eskom is putting on a brave face. Should South Africans worry?

www.dailymaverick.co.za

You'd be surprised on how many times errors like this happen on most power stations, 3 mile Island and Chernobyl were because of human error.
But the error was spotted and rectified because of monitoring and safety standards.

 

[Lupus]

We belong to the international body for frequency allocation and control, our terrestrial TV services continue to abuse the airwaves years after the deadline.
We ignored a number of international Covid directives (good thing IMO).
The list goes on and on..

Nuclear is a little different generally our TV transmission doesn't bother anyone else