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Engineering is a little different in the nuclear world in the USA. We get paid more than you non nuke folks, but we put up with a ton more paperwork. We are encouraged to whistle blow since TMI. This culture doesn't seem to be encouraged in Japan though.
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As an example, from what I understand there was an unusual demand for power at the time when management had scheduled the test requiring the test to be delayed. By the time they could run the test the workers who had been trained to perform the test had been replaced by another shift. Instead of waiting for a time when the trained staff returned, management decided to run the the dangerous and unnecessary test with untrained staff. That untrained staff ended up making further mistakes that allowed the meltdown. We both agree that if the management hadn't run the test in the first place there wouldn't have been a meltdown at that point. We probably both agree that using staff trained for the test would have significantly reduced the chances of a meltdown. While the decision to run the test may have been the root cause of the meltdown, it didn't guarantee one. The meltdown required further mistakes building on top of one another in order to happen. I realize I'm couching a lot of what I say with qualifiers, but it is necessary since I am in no way qualified to make definitive statements about any of this. |
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Great explanation of whats going on with the reactors.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2....html?ref=asia
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Well the reactors aren't the only issue. The spent rod pools don't have any water.
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of course, I only know about as much as I learned in college physics and stuff
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We got a briefing today. There are a lot of wtf were they doing questions.
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Things look extremely grim. Spent fuel pool of #4 is dry. This looks to be getting very very ugly.
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It's been dry since yesterday.
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I don't follow speculation. NRC reported it today.
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