So I'm simple misinformed about the nearly severe accidents at Sellafield in the last years?
http://www.answers.com/topic/sellafield Nuclear power use is one of the most dangerous things ever invented **for me** and should be stopped ASAP. greetings Markus Nuclear reactor facilities are built like fortresses. The structures are reinforced concrete, the perimeters are designed to be defended, and the security teams are typically equipped to repel anything short of a determined military strike. (Whether they're trained to do that is another story....) Add to that, modern cores are encased in a multi-layered "tank" (steel and lead, primarily) that can withstand much more agitation than even the building it resides in. All US reactors also incorporate a SCRAM switch. This switch triggers automatically if the core temperature gets too high, and in some cases can trigger if the core temperature is increasing too quickly. The operator can also trigger the switch manually. This results in the rods being driven all the way into the core and slowing reaction to a minimum. In this state the core is safe even without coolant being circulated. Chernobyl style accidents are damn near impossible with modern reactors. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
