tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post3575060830329000220..comments2023-04-16T23:43:11.235+08:00Comments on Mirror Signal Move: Counting X-RaysMike Faganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post-58440760374597828722011-04-05T17:00:58.673+08:002011-04-05T17:00:58.673+08:00"...this prevented thorough maintenance by di...<i>"...this prevented thorough maintenance by diving crew."</i> <br /><br />I re-read your report and yes, I'll concede that. My apologies. <br /><br />The AEC is going to have to order inspection of those plants by outside firms more often.Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post-43899152174567558002011-04-05T16:20:08.815+08:002011-04-05T16:20:08.815+08:00Mike: “I think the better contextual referent woul...Mike: “I think the better contextual referent would have been the >1000 mSv per hour rate at which light radiation sickness begins; let’s not add to the panic.”<br /><br />The main point I was making in my article isn’t whether the radiation level inside the suppression pool is high enough to cause sickness (after all, no one but divers goes in there), but that the levels were much higher than they should, so much so that this prevented thorough maintenance by diving crew. The 60 or so bags of foreign materials removed weren’t radioactive when they fell into the pool, which means that radiation came from somewhere else (that is, the core reactor) and was attracted to the silt and debris. The more energy (that is, radiation) there is inside the pool, the less effective the stopgap mechanism would be in the case of an emergency.J. Michael Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793745420777048984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post-88657068563253457832011-04-05T03:00:42.831+08:002011-04-05T03:00:42.831+08:00"Whale oil, which was replaced by kerosene.&q...<i>"Whale oil, which was replaced by kerosene."</i><br /><br />Idiot! Of course - biofuel replaced by gas. Sorry Okami it's late and my brain has probably absorbed too many neutrons to continue fissioning sentences apart.<br /><br />Later...Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post-41613819790727789842011-04-05T02:55:32.153+08:002011-04-05T02:55:32.153+08:00Hmm - not sure what you're getting at with you...Hmm - not sure what you're getting at with your mention of whale oil and why it's a "bone to pick with me" (do tell...), but I think your point on the consequences of the ethanol craze (or rather the prior provision of State subsidies which encouraged it) is a good one and deserves more attention.Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post-90433678088960203312011-04-05T02:43:38.684+08:002011-04-05T02:43:38.684+08:00Whale oil, which was replaced by keroseneWhale oil, which was replaced by keroseneOkaminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post-23637683686512030792011-04-05T02:31:42.922+08:002011-04-05T02:31:42.922+08:00Can't remember - was it algae?Can't remember - was it algae?Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post-74725765029119100462011-04-05T02:30:14.118+08:002011-04-05T02:30:14.118+08:00I read that article in the newspaper and thought, ...I read that article in the newspaper and thought, "Normal for Taiwan". I had a coworker that had worked at Taipower. He actually quit a very nice job in his chosen profession with them to teach kindergarten. <br /><br />Normal in any centralized govt command-control economy for state-owned corporations to fudge spending on maintenance and safety equipment for other more glamorous things like solar energy farms in Luzhu or windmills.<br /><br />I have a bone to pick with you about bio-fuels btw. I prefer riddles though. Before the US went about turning 1/6 of their corn crop into everclear to burn in cars thereby causing spiking food prices, revolutions and riots worldwide, what was the huge biofuel craze before that?Okaminoreply@blogger.com