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2011-03-15 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
"All Reactors are Nuclear Bombs" - Piers Corbyn
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Posted by tipper 2011-03-15 03:44|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 Huh. What a fucking stupid thing to say. Ask the Iranians if a reactor is a nuclear bomb.

I have to wonder if this guy is worth listening to on weather matters, or if his ignorance is a product of laser-like focus on the subject of his work. A lot of PhDs are spectacularly uneducated outside of the narrow confines of their exact area of study.
Posted by Mitch H.  2011-03-15 09:27|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/  2011-03-15 09:27|| Front Page Top

#2 THAT SAID:
Using Japan's example ...

After looking at the details of 21 years of spent fuel rods still being in holding tanks within the main reactor bldgs and Reactor #4's fire due to spent fuel rods boiling water into H and O ... with cesium added...
I make this plea..

Please lobby Harry Reid and Nevada to OPEN the NUKE WASTE Depository so 60 years worth of spent rods sitting in danger next to US reactors can be put some place safe.
No more NAMBI from REID!!
Posted by Water Modem 2011-03-15 09:39||   2011-03-15 09:39|| Front Page Top

#3 We would, but California's third senator won't let us.
Posted by Secret Master 2011-03-15 09:55||   2011-03-15 09:55|| Front Page Top

#4 All nuclear bombs are made of atoms.
Nuclear reactors are made of atoms.
Therefore, all reactors are nuclear bombs.
QED, biotches!
Posted by SteveS 2011-03-15 10:44||   2011-03-15 10:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Must admit, the "news" tv has done an amazing job of not teaching nuclear energy...almost like they want just pictures of explosions and a podium to talk about shutting down US production.

All firearms are murder weapons. All cars are accidents waiting to happen. The moon and cheeseburgers cause earthquakes. 2012. Boogy boogity boo!

All we ask is your heart on a Mayan Altar, let us use obsidian, the dried blood of the earth, and here smoke on this and you will have no fear knowing your breakfast cereal murders polar bear cubs.
Posted by swksvolFF 2011-03-15 12:58||   2011-03-15 12:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Mitch H.
Mitch, this is all he's saying.. from Al Jazeera
Posted by tipper 2011-03-15 13:27||   2011-03-15 13:27|| Front Page Top

#7 #5 Must admit, the "news" tv has done an amazing job of not teaching nuclear energy..

The MSM is left-wing. The left-wing tends to be very anti-nuke.

I hate to say it but Al Jiz just did a better job of explaining the situation than our MSM.

Personally, I think we should take lessons learned from Fukushima and incorporate them into our nuclear power plant design process and push ahead
--taking note of what was said here re waste.
Posted by JohnQC 2011-03-15 15:04||   2011-03-15 15:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Ancient Cretan saying:
All Cretans are liars.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-15 15:34||   2011-03-15 15:34|| Front Page Top

#9 @SteveS:

I think my chair just exploded.
Posted by flash91 2011-03-15 15:59||   2011-03-15 15:59|| Front Page Top

#10 that's normally a sign it's time to lose weight hehe.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-03-15 18:28||   2011-03-15 18:28|| Front Page Top

#11 Or some really good (or really bad) mexican food...
Posted by CrazyFool 2011-03-15 18:57||   2011-03-15 18:57|| Front Page Top

#12 Notes to self:

1. Make sure next reactor is designed for a 9.3 earthquake. Ah hell, make it 9.4. That will NEVER happen.
2. Find another place for the damned used rods.
3. Build on higher ground.
4. Oh. and BIG water towers. BIG. BIG. And manual valves.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2011-03-15 19:57||   2011-03-15 19:57|| Front Page Top

#13 Or adopt sealed micro reactors
Posted by lotp 2011-03-15 20:50||   2011-03-15 20:50|| Front Page Top

#14 So.
lotp.
You know my true identity.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2011-03-15 21:16||   2011-03-15 21:16|| Front Page Top

#15 Is that really you, Whiskey Mike? How utterly, utterly cool! Not many of us get to save the world, one neighborhood at a time.
Posted by trailing wife 2011-03-15 23:26||   2011-03-15 23:26|| Front Page Top

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