Recent content by gnasch

Well - I do not pretend to like or dislike him, but if it is not the containment that is leaking but the pipes, would this not simplify the establishing of a closed circuit for cooling? Thx, gnasch

where is the leak? Interesting comment on the water flow: http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-commentary.html entry of 20130327 best, gnasch

I remember reading shortly after the helicopter water drops that japanese officials put this into the context of "calming the americans", presumably upon the impression of Mr. Jaczko going ballistic over the pools and recommending an 80 km evacuation radius. No source remembered though.

I can not help you with theory, but you may not need it. First you may be interested to know that 'load bearing' and 'insulating' are somewhat contradictory requests for one material to satisfy. Strong materials are typically dense and bad insulators, while most insulating materials are...

Nuceng, thanks for your response. It seems Tepco had big problems using these 2 valves. How about making them fail open, would this assure that venting can take place even in station blackout and with operators unable to act? In the course of the accident the sea seemed more resilient than the...

Venting to the athmosphere seems to pollute a max. How about putting the venting tube directly into the harbour, and make a 'door' for the harbour? On an other note, what is the sense of introducing all kinds of valves into the vent path when there is a rupture disc?

Quite interesting link on bbc: the LWR may be nuklear VHS instead of betamax... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14060913" best, gnasch