QUESTIONS

Wind Turbines Survive Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan+*

 //www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-rigg/battleproof-wind-farms-su_b_837172.html

"As the world collectively holds its breath and watches the Japanese attempt to squelch one disaster after another at the Fukushima Nuclear plant the question that doesn't see to get asked is, so how did alternative energies do during the unfathomable earthquake and tsunami in Japan?

According to Kelly Rigg at the Huffington Post, the Country's Wind Turbine farms survived consecutive natural disasters so well that the Japanese Government is asking that the operators of the facilities step up production to make up for the lost power supply left by nuclear plant failures around the Japan's North Island"

Hass you might need this

by vildemose on Fri Mar 18, 2011 07:51 PM PDT

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FACTS

Chernobyl and Bushehr have nothing in common.

 //www.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-2009-06-09-voa55-68818137.html

Senior nuclear scientist Upendra Rohatgi at the U.S. government's Brookhaven National Labs in New York is highly familiar with the Russian reactor.

"The VVER-1000 is the latest Russian design, which is equal to western designs for pressurized water reactors. They all have the same safety systems, VVER and the western side [designs], and they all have very good containment systems," he said.

Another important design criteria for nuclear reactors, especially in countries such as Iran, is resistance to earthquakes. Muhammad Sahimi at the University of Southern California says this was carefully considered.

"The first thing the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran did was extensive studies in terms of the safety of a nuclear reactor from the perspective of earthquakes. Usually, a nuclear reactor is built in an area where the possibility of a major earthquake is very small. As far as I know, there is no major active fault in southern Iran where the Bushehr reactor has been built," he said.

Japan Earthquake 2011:

Japan Earthquake 2011: Government Considers Burying Fukushima Nuclear Plant Amidst Power Concerns

//www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/18/japan-nuc...

What's funny in this

What's funny in this situation is the people who wait for what their government­s say before doing anything.

So what? Now that's level 5...ok,may­be we should leave now. @ first they put people 12 miles away from the nuclear collapsed area...Oh no! Now it's reached 18miles...­so...

I'm glad the US reacted the right way and said 50 miles and even sent their own planes to inspect the situation instead of relying on what the Japanese have to say.

Come on it's obvious that to avoid panic, people would be economical with the truth (just to borrow a British expression­) in situations like this .

That's a bit ironic that developped countries would urge their citizens to leave another developped country (the then 3rd most developped ;mind you) and even send planes to pick them up....just as they did recently in Tunisia,Eg­ypt and Libya and more war torn third world countries.

"I sincerely hope by now

"I sincerely hope by now

everyone clearly understand­s

that these "nuclear reactors",

monolithic Citadels of poison,

Vessels of an assured destiny,

contrary to each and every law of Nature,

who's abilities to wreak havoc on humanity

span a vast expanse of several hundred thousand years PER ACCIDENT,,

are merely designed and intended to serve as nothing more than

trumped up

tea kettles.

ELS

Latest updates on Japan's

Latest updates on Japan's nucear crisis:

//iranian.com/main/blog/vildemose/japan-raises-severity-nuclear-accident

Investigate the IAEA!!

IAEA Needs to be investigated after this fiasco. Full investigation of IAEA and those who are benefiting from this institution to cut corners or be bribed by terrorist nations.

US Troops Ready to Enter

US Troops Ready to Enter Japan's Nuclear Danger Zone

 //www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/US-Troops-Ready-to-Enter-Japans-Nuclear-Danger-Zone-118227379.html

IAEA, did not do that with

IAEA, did not do that with Japan. I very much doubt they are doing it with Iran.

Your nuclear cheerleading is appalling in light of this catasrophe.

They're HERE....

The Comprehens­ive Test Ban Treaty Organizati­on (CTBTO), a Vienna-bas­ed independen­t body for monitoring possible breaches of the test ban, has more than 60 stations around the world, including one in Sacramento in California­.

Asked if they were believed to originate from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, which has leaked radioactiv­ity since being damaged by last week's massive earthquake and tsunami, he said: "That is the obvious assumption­."

IAEA monitors Bushehr safety

Vidlemoose, you'll be happy to know that the IAEA already does impose a "thorough recovery plan" on countries that build reactors including Iran's. In fact the 2007 earthquake in Japan caused a reconsideration of reactor safety across the world including Iran.

//business.highbeam.com/5474/article-1G1-186197902/faulty-reckoning-earthquake-near-nuclear-plant-felt

Iran and the IAEA have extensive arrangements and oversight of Bushehr's safety: 

"In accordance with the relevant resolutions of the IAEA board of governors and the UN Security Council, the agency continues to assist the Islamic Republic of Iran in strengthening its capabilities in the area of nuclear safety. Technical advice, based on international safety codes, standards and proven practices, is being provided, for example, in relation to a review of the Bushehr nuclear power plant's final safety analysis report. Technical workshops have also been conducted to improve Iran's capabilities in a number of safety-related areas including design safety review, quality assurance, safety culture, personnel training and qualification systems, emergency preparedness and physical protection. In providing such safety assistance to Iran, the IAEA has engaged leading international experts as well as a number of national stakeholders, including the national nuclear safety regulatory authority. This has assisted the authority in the implementation of its functions and responsibilities during the design, construction, preparation for commissioning and start-up, and operation of the plant."

(See //www.newscientist.com/article/mg19526170.200-nuclear-safety-in-iran.html)

AND

 According to Miroslan Lipar, section head of operational safety at the IAEA, the IAEA has conducted several years of technical cooperation in Iran at nuclear facilities such as Bushehr, and is implementing national emergency plan and training programmes:

"There is quite a huge cooperation project, financed by the Iranian side, that is carrying out training programmes and evaluation of safety requirements," he said. "Iran is developing a national emergency response plan that has several aspects, including earthquakes, tornados, flooding, and radiation, and (in mid July) there was an expert mission to review offsite emergency response plans. The team made several recommendations to the emergency response plan," he added.
(See "Faulty reckoning" by Mark Rowe et al. Nuclear Engineering International, August 31, 2008, Pg. 26)

"" Four Reasons (Besides

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1. HIGH CONSRUCTIO­N COSTS. Nuclear plants cost many times more than convention­al plants. They require years to build and the average cost overrrun of 381%. Private investors won't touch them and no new nuclear plants have been built without government support.

Economist Magazine 2001:
 
"Nuclear power, once claimed to be too
cheap to meter, is now too costly to matter"

Forbes magazine:
 
"[nuclear power is] the largest managerial disaster
 in U.S. business history, involving $100 billion in
wasted investment­s and cost overruns, exceeded in magnitude
only by the Vietnam War and the then Savings and Loan
crisis."

2. NUCLEAR POWER IS MORE COSTLY. MIT 2008 - the delivered cost per Kwh of various power sources:

Nuclear: $0.14
Coal: $0.09
Gas: $0.10
Wind: $0.07
Gogen: $0.03 to $0.06

3. POOR CARBON SAVINGS. While nuclear emits no carbon, it is one of the most expensive ways of offseting carbon.

Kilograms of Offset Per Dollar:

Nuclear: 5 Kg
Gas: 6 Kg
Wind: 14 Kg
Cogen: 13 to 32 Kg.
Conservati­on: 37 Kg

4. RELIABILIT­Y. In the US 21% were permaturel­y shut down due to reliablity problems, 27% failed a year or more and 8% fail each year. They have to be shut down for 39 days every 17 months. They also require 5 to 15 days to be restarted if they are shut down for any reason.

//www­.rmi.org/r­mi/Library­/E08-01_Nu­clearIllus­ion
//www­.rmi.org/r­mi/Library­/E09-01_Nu­clearPower­ClimateFix­OrFolly

Euphamism for

Euphamism for radioactive cloud= 'plume'

sounds almost romantic...lol

Unless they find a way to

Unless they find a way to effectivel­y render nuclear radiation harmless, and shorten the radioactiv­ity of nuclear wastes, then we must rule out nuclear power as an energy source. The risks are simply unacceptab­le.

here's a pretty good article

here's a pretty good article

about the Plutonium risks.

from NPR, quoting the Union of Concern Scientists:

//www.npr.org/2011/03/16/134600825/plutonium-in-fuel-rods-cause-for-concern?ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

US Steps up its role in the

The Energy Department has delivered to Japan what officials called "pods" with radiation detecting sensors. A military drone aircraft and a U2 spy plane are flying missions over the plant to gather data.

Concern among U.S. officials about the reliabilit­y of informatio­n coming from the Japanese government during the unfolding calamity has risen dramatical­ly in recent days, say administra­tion officials. U.S. officials are concerned they may not be getting the full picture of what is happening on the ground.

//onl­ine.wsj.co­m/...

 A Swedish official is

 A Swedish official is saying the radiation could spread around the whole of the Northern Hemisphere

//www­.reuters.c­om/article­/2011/03/1­7/us-japan­-quake-ctb­to-radiati­on-idUSTRE­72G26T2011­0317

from this event I hope the

from this event I hope the UN and IAEA will propose a policy that states that countries must have a thorough recovery plan,  approved by an elected or internationally nominated committee before they dabble in things that affect security and safety of not only their own people but neighborin­g countries as well; especially those countries that build their nuclear plants on the conjunction of 3 plate tectonics like Iran and Japan.

Good news for a change

//www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/17/hideaki-akaiwa-japan-tsunami_n_837250.html#comments

Grand Larceny!

The IR theives have stolen another US $11 billion dollars from the nation's coffers. The list of these stolen dollars, euros and pounds is long. This was one of the latest antics by the Islamic rulers. The euphemism used in the Islamic Republic in these cases is, "has disappeared." Could all this money that is "disappearing" or, in fact, is being embezzled by the Good Muslims running Iran have anything to do with Iran's backwardness? Isn't mismanagement another euphemism for thievery?

It would be funny if we

It would be funny if we weren't talking about the wellbeing and lives of a Third World country which can ill afford such bottomless money pits.

This piece of junk has not created one kilo Watt of electricity. In fact, the fuel rods had to be sent back to Russia because of the virus....When are we going to wake up??

When will this piece-of-junk reactor produce one penny of energy

The startup date for this piece-of-junk Russian reactor, which doubtless is of the same high quality as the IRI's Russian-made civilian airliners, has been around the corner for many years now. How much money has been sunk into this piece-of-junk and when will the Iranian people's money be recouped? This reactor is like a gazebo that a contractor has been "building" for years and never quite seems to get finished. It would be funny if we weren't talking about the wellbeing and lives of a Third World country which can ill afford such bottomless money pits.

Keep up the IR spin

No one believes you.  Although that may be irrelevant.  Judging by the number of comments that you have been leaving here today alone, you may be getting paid by "kiloo."  So, the quality is irrelevant, I guess.  :-))  

Iran need nuclear power

OnlyIran please direct your strawman arguments elsewhere. I don't know what "you guys" you're hallucinating about but the bottom line is that oil is a finite resource that is running out all over the world, which is why the entire world including oil-producing countries are more and more using nuclear power. Iran is no exception to this worldwide trend.

re Spent Fuel Rods

Russia will be taking the spent fuel rods of Bushehr back to Russia. Anyway, unless you know of a fuel source that doesn't have a down side and can actually power a nation's requirements, then I really don't think you can criticize.

More safsateh and no answers

Just like the IR itself.  

Get over 1979

You guys keep harping on the IRI fail to realize that the energy from the reactor benefits the PEOPLE of IRan and not the mullahs, and you fail to remember that the SHAH started the reactor not the mullahs. You need to get over 1979.

Danger of Spent Fuel

Danger of Spent Fuel Outweighs Reactor Threat

//www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world/asia/18spent.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all

First of all, it's not "oil exports" we're talking about

It's oil PRODUCTION, which was in your first comment and which seems to have gone backwards in three decades.  Since you're such a stickler on FACTS and evidence and accuracy, you should get your statements straight.  

Second, why should the IR suffer and be hampered by "sanctions?" Aren't you guys here beating your chests day in and day out that the IR is independent and technologically advanced and can build anything it wants despite the world's boycott of it?  Doesn't the IR build space rockets and fighter planes?  Doesn't it boast day in and day out about the "Southern Pars" oil field?  Why can it not build refineries to increase production? 

Please be specific in your answers and reconcile those two positions.  

The IRI nuclear

The IRI nuclear cheerleaders next talking points in case of nuclear disaaster in a quake-prone region of Bushehr:

"Radiation is good for you actually. The dentist uses x-rays to kill cavities, the cancer doctor irradiates tumors, some people need to be radiologic­ally castrated. The additional radiation in our diet and in our environmen­t will prove to be beneficial in the long run! It actually is our right to be irridated just like Japnese.""Mageh ma chimon kamatereh az cheshm tanga???