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More than a Dozen Nuclear Plants Near Hurricane Sandy’s Path Brace for Impact
Bloomberg reports:
“Because of the size of [Hurricane Sandy], we could see an impact to coastal and inland plants,” Neil Sheehan, a spokesman based in Philadelphia for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said by phone today. “We will station inspectors at the sites if we know they could be directly impacted.”
The NRC met earlier today to discuss the necessary precautions to take for the storm, Sheehan said. Plants must begin to shut if wind speeds exceed certain limits, he said.
As of 2 p.m. New York time, Sandy had winds of 75 miles (121 kilometers) per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. It was about 430 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, moving north at 7 mph.
The current Hurricane Center track calls for the system to come ashore just south of Delaware Bay on Oct. 30.
Reuters provides a list:
The following lists the nuclear reactors and utilities in Sandy’s potential path.
While we don’t foresee any problems, the risk of nuclear accident in the U.S. is actually much greater than it was in Japan before Fukushima.
For example, fuel pools in the United States store an average of ten times more radioactive fuel than stored at Fukushima, and have virtually no safety features.
Let’s review the list and look at examples of problems experienced by the nuclear plants in Hurricane Sandy’s path:
- Brunswick experienced a reactor coolant system leak last year
- Surry has recently been plagued by problems with the coolant system, valves and damage from a tornado
- North Anna leaked tritium last year after an earthquake shook the plant and shifted around a gigantic radioactive storage cask
- Calvert Cliffs was knocked offline by the last hurricane
- Hope Creek has suffered security problems, has the same design as the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1, has “some of the same issues with above-ground storage of spent fuel rods as Fukushima” and “was designed to withstand certain major weather events but we need to look at the potential impacts of more extreme events, especially … sea level rise and flooding”
- Peach Bottom purportedly has a defective design and has been plagued by various problems
- Limerick has suffered electrical and other issues
- Three Mile Island suffered another leak in the cooling system last month
- Susquehanna has been hit with one problem after another
- Oyster Creek has been plagued with electrical and other problems
- Indian Point is widely recognized as one of the nation’s worst nuclear plants. If Indian Point melted down, it could close New York City for years, and cost half a trillion dollars or more
- Millstone’s vulnerability is shown by the fact that it was shut down due to warm seawater
- Pilgrim has numerous structural problems. And see this. Pilgrim’s spent fuel pools contain more radioactive cesium than released by Fukushima, Chernobyl and all nuclear bomb tests combined
- Vermont Yankee – which has around 10 times more spent fuel rods than any of the individual Fukushima reactors – leaked tritium
It’s not surprising that there have been problems at all of these nuclear plants. After all, the U.S. has 23 reactors which are virtually identical to Fukushima. The archaic uranium reactor designs developed more than 40 years ago are only good for making bombs.
Most American nuclear reactors are old. They are aging poorly, and are in very real danger of melting down. And yet the NRC is relaxing safety standards at the old plants. And see this.
Indeed, while many of the plants are already past the service life that the engineers built them for, the NRC is considering extending licenses another 80 years, which former chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority and now senior adviser with Friends of the Earth’s nuclear campaign David Freeman calls “committing suicide”.
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Reality is a bitch, nmewn. Weather modification by governments has been a weapon for well over half a century. It's acknowledged by the UN. US Secretary of Defense Cohen spoke about it, what--fifteen? years ago?
Pretending it isn't real or calling it crazy is the behavior of someone who is flatly denying reality:
http://www.infowars.com/could-hurricane-sandy-be-weather-modification-at...
It might be easier to ask this way...is there ANY conspiracy theory that you DO NOT believe is a reality?
A veiled, personal attack offering no evidence and detracting from the points being discussed? Red herring.
Try again. :)
Detracting from the point? You can't go a week without spouting 911 hysteria...its consumed your entire life Clash.
Try some poetry or sumpin ;-)
Nice suggestion, nmewn, but I'm already a widely published poet.
Midwest Quarterly
Southern Poetry Review
Connecticut Review
The Sun
New York Quarterly
and many others....
Under Clashfan no doubt ;-)
Henry Wadsworth Clashfan.
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There once was a fellow named Clashfan,
Whose claims best belonged in a trash can.
He'd be better off,
(Excluding the cough),
If he'd focus on smoking his stash, man.
Didn't overlook it, answered it on the thread immediately. Did you not go back and look?
I said no such thing about whatever your first sentence says, but straw men are Linus blankets for desperate men.
Iron and aluminum dust particles are very different than unignited nanothermite chips. You're embarrassing yourself.
You should see the AJ link I just put up. Then you could pretend to understand instead of name-calling.
Never believe anything a 911 truth denier says. One lie leads to many lies. It's a sad but predictable pattern.
There's you basic cult behavior right there. You leave no room for those who are honestly unconvinced by your arguments. To you such people are part of a grand conspiracy of lies.
No, such people are not necessarily "part of a grand conspiracy of lies" or whatever, but straw men abound.
Some people find lies comfortable. I prefer the truth.
"Honestly uncovinced by (my) arguments?" First, they are not mine. Many others echo the truth. None of my assertions about 911 are my own, original ideas. Not one.
Second, if someone believes that a building can fall into its own foundation at freefall speed without a controlled demolition, that person's credibility should be called into question. There's nothing "cultlike" about calling people out for total bullshit. It's liberating.
Truth is often important. When we consider 911 as a historical event, truth is of paramount importance.
You said: "Never believe anything a 911 truth denier says. One lie leads to many lies. It's a sad but predictable pattern." That's not a straw man. It's right there in black and white. You engage in over the top rhetoric without even realizing it. That is also part of the cult mentality.
Ha. If you really want to learn about "cult mentality," you should check out the AJ interview I post above. We've established elsewhere that it's something that you don't understand. Learn something about how it works before calling someone who's fighting it a participant.
Studying how paradigms work might help you, too. When one employs a false paradigm and is bent on supporting it, one lie inevitably leads to another. Ever read Kuhn?
I'm not interested in obtaining a degree in "truther" theology. 9/11 simply isn't that big a deal unless you accept the neocon's meme that "9/11 changed everything." I don't. It's almost as if you are surprised that governments often kill their own people either through action or inaction. What is the point of being obsessed with any one event and what must inevitably be a subjective assessment of that event and thereby create a litmus test by which you determine who is saved and who is damned?
The link to which I'm referring is specifically about how the satanic Illuminati work, with plenty of discussion about organized child abuse (SRA). It's not about 911 truth, and I never claimed it was.
If you are saying someone behaves like a cult member but don't understand how international Luciferianism works, your confusion becomes apparent. The link will help you with this (no sarc).
Here it is again. Terrific interview: http://www.infowars.com/powerful-paedophile-ring-linked-to-parliament-ex...
Now I'm supposed to be shocked that bad people do bad things? I'm already opposed to bankers, globalists, corporatists and politicians regardless of their sexual propensities. How is immersing oneself in such material enlightening or actionable?
That's a question I wouldn't have to answer if you would bother to inform yourself rather than bashing me. But whatever. Blessings to you, Crock.
So it's not actionable but you can't bring yourself to admit it?
Do you even know who Jimmy Savile is yet?
Someone with your degree of idealism would benefit greatly from a better understanding of exactly what's happening.
I feel sorry for you. Nighty night.
Crockett-Answer yes or no to this question. Did the US Government have any hand in executing the 9-11 operation?
The CIA let known terrorists into the US. They FBI failed to follow up obvious leads involving the 9/11 terrorists. The administration did not support Richard Clark who was frantically trying to discover the nature of an attack which he was sure was imminent. Bush ignored warnings from intelligence regarding bin Laden's plans to attack the US. All of those get a "yes."
But as for "9/11 truth" which has included beliefs such as the idea that the planes which crashed into the towers were holograms or that the entire Manhattan skyline was replaced with a hologram on 9/11 get a resounding "no."
Now answer this question with a yes or no: Did the USS Maine's boiler blow up because of a stuck valve or because of a weak seem? Suppose I told you that your credibility in all things depended on the answer to that question and that you should spend a decade or more immersed in the finer points of boiler design and operation. Would you consider that to be an efficient use of your time?
Ha, straw men again. And that's VERY suspicious, Crock.
I've never said anything about holograms, and you probably know that.
My point (along w/most credible truthers) is that the buildings could not have fallen like that w/out controlled demo, and controlled demo means inside job, period--see Securacom.
Your credibility is affected by failing this important litmus test.
Other important evidence involves the failure of FAA, USAF, and NORAD to tell the same fucking story.
Nanothermite found in the rubble? Inside job, pretty clear, and for those who haven't learned this a decade after the fact, credibility is affected.
As for the other matter, despite the ad hominem attacks you and nmewn engage in against me, I don't roll like that, but if you don't understand the Luciferian system in charge and how it works, you won't understand a lot.
When I am debating someone, I usually do the courtesy of examing and attacking (or supporting) the links the other offers. You don't even do that. So I'm not sure what your purpose is here, other than to derail discussion and hurl insults. I often put up sound links to back up what I say. You might question the sources, but if you examine them, you will see solid evidence. That AJ interview I posted twice above is EXCELLENT and will tell any of you much of what you need to know about the Luciferian system currently in charge.
Learning is important. Any fighting back has to begin with awareness.
Get crackin'.
I never said that you mentioned holograms. Why do you insist on seeing things that aren't there? If you truly believe that I said such a thing please copy and paste it below.
You sound like a politician. You failed the litmus test along with neuman.
If I have failed to measure up to your standard then I feel confident that I'm on the right track.
? WTF?
Just tune in at 58/59 minutes, and learn something. Is that so hard?
I did not say it was "not actionable" or whatever you're spouting.
I'm saying the same thing AJ and his guest are saying--that you can't do much until you learn.
Awareness is the first step. You're not there yet, but you could be. You have to want to be there, though, and I can't see that desire in you, sadly.
As both of them point out clearly, though, fighting back involves awareness. And that's how I'm trying to fight.
You behave as you see fit, Crock. Blessings.
I didn't say that you said these supposed revelations are not actionable. I am saying that they are not actionable. I already oppose the oligarchs and plutocrats. How is delving into their sexual proclivities helpful in such opposition? I mean, if one clearly saw that Hitler (for example) was a bad man and should be stopped based on his public actions then how would fixating on his affair with his young niece assist in his overthrow? What is the point of immersing oneself in the filth of people one already despises?
Their sexual predisposition and proclivities should be brought to light before they are elected. Once they're elected, well, it's just more B.S. to filter through.
Yeah, your behavior is not in the least bit cult like.
My behavior is "cult-like?" Explain?
Cult-like or just being a complete idiot. Take your choice.
The obligatory chiding of unbelievers (gasp!) springs immediately to mind.
I find 911 truth to be a valuable litmus test of one's credibility. It's far from any cult thing. I find your suggestion highly offensive. I'm surprised to see such a low blow from you, frankly.
If, as one who questions so-called "9/11 truth," I have no credibility with you then why are you offended by my "low blow?" You've already written me off so what's all the hubbub bub?
I'm offended that you stoop to compare me to the filth of child-molesting cults. It's offensive. Is that hard for you to understand?
Have I ever said anything like that to you? Ever even called you a name?
You behave as you see fit, Crockett. I shall do the same.
I did not compare you to child molesters. You have been offended by your own imagination.
Ha, I guess this is my "imagination" too? Again, you should learn about who these cult folks are. They run the world, and they are evil murderers, child molesters, satanists, etc. They are well connected and fully supported by the evil governments worldwide. This is the system that is in charge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrjhRbLmqiE
Meet Michael Aquino, now a General with the NSA.
All you have to do is cut and paste the quote in which I compared you to a child molester if it exists. Otherwise it remains a product of your imagination.
My point, clearly (I don't think you miss it) is that calling my behavior "cult-like" is a low blow. I post frequently about the child molesting satanists that run the world.
But again, you should behave as you see fit. I would repeat, then, that you understand little about the Luciferian elite. This is something you should learn before you call me "cult-like" for calling out 911 truth deniers.
Do you even know who Michael Aquino is? Want "cult-like?" Take a look at him. That's "cult-like," Crockett.
You specifically said that I compared you to child molesters when I demonstrably did not and now you're trying to convince me (and perhaps yourself) that you never made the claim at all. Such gyrations are typical of those with a slavish adherence to an immalleable philosophy when they are confronted with the inability to document that which they claimed was clear and obvious only moments before.
Anyone can look back at the context of the thread. The last thing I type in the comment to which you initially respond is "The people in charge are satanic child molesters." You follow with "And your behavior is not in the least cult-like" or some such shit.
Hard for me to believe that you miss your own insinuation, but whatever.
I see that you're still refusing to bother to even examine the info I'm putting up, too.
You inferred that which I neither asserted nor implied. Is it any wonder that I have no interest in sifting through voluminous ruminations concerning Luciferian overlords when it is obvious that your threshold for what you consider to be factual information is so incredibly low?
“We will station inspectors at the sites if we know they could be directly impacted.”
That's gonna help!
The Japanese nuclear regulator should have stationed men at Fukinshambles, they could have blown back the wave and saved everyone.
Are US regulators gonna have fans or something?
If these nuclear plants (like Fukinshambles) are is a known bowling alley for hurricanes and haven't been made hurricane-ready then no amount of muppet regulators are going to rewind the error.
These Govt crones make a villlage idiot look like Einstein
Waaaiiiiiit...
Rick Perry siad they were gonna shoot anybody from the UN hangin' about the voting places....
(go Texas, show 'em whose boss, big hats lotsa cows, fuck the UN)
Bama & Fla pretty much has the same opinion of the UN hangin around.
If they want to find voter fraud theres these places like, oh I don't know...CHICAGO...and the outskirts of Washington DC.
Related...
Pat Moran, who served as field director to re-elect his father, a northern Virginian Democrat, said he was forced to step down in order to avoid "a distraction during this year's critical election."
The video, which was released by a conservative activist on Wednesday, showed the younger Mr Moran discussing how to fraudulently create documents in order to vote on behalf of 100 Virginians.
At one stage, Mr Moran mentions using bank statements and utility bills to use as voter identification, saying: "They can fake a utility bill with ease, you know?"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9633980/US-Election-Congressman-Jim-Morans-son-caught-on-video-discussing-voter-fraud.html
Cuz...everbudy round here got ObamaPhone...ya now?
Send all the blue hats to fucking OHIO.
Correct -fuck the UN. And your position is?
Let me guess, Bank Guy...you are one of those assholes that sits around all day ruminating on the demise of the United States of America and, at the same time, counts the numerous times he has to visit his outhouse because his filet mignon is a little green and has afforded him a case of the runs.