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Thread ID: 116606 2011-03-11 23:25:00 Nuclear Power stations in NZ - Yes or No? zqwerty (97) PC World Chat
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1185414 2011-03-17 10:23:00 The old advice (which was a joke by the time I was at school) was to "Duck and Cover" in the event of a radioactive hazard.

It became a subject of parody that still surfaces occasionally even to this day.

I remember old 'training' videos (film in those days) showing a kid jumping from a bike, lying on the road in a near foetal position, with arms over the head... that'll save you from those commie nukes!
Paul.Cov (425)
1185415 2011-03-17 10:28:00 In the UK we were advised to hang all the doors on rise-and-fall hinges so they could be lifted off to make a leanto shelter inside the house. martynz (5445)
1185416 2011-03-17 20:07:00 In the UK we were advised to hang all the doors on rise-and-fall hinges so they could be lifted off to make a leanto shelter inside the house.
Yeah, we knew we'd be OK 'cos our doors were already on rise and fall hinges! Must have been the Boy Scout training!
tuiruru (12277)
1185417 2011-03-17 20:54:00 The US-made reactors at Fukushima are coming under close scrutiny as experts point to flaws in their original design and the lack of a safety feature that the nuclear industry is only now starting to address

home.nzcity.co.nz
zqwerty (97)
1185418 2011-03-17 21:13:00 The US-made reactors at Fukushima are coming under close scrutiny as experts point to flaws in their original design and the lack of a safety feature that the nuclear industry is only now starting to address

home.nzcity.co.nz

Nuclear power stations have changed in design so I still don't see a reason not to have one in NZ.
Snorkbox (15764)
1185419 2011-03-17 22:10:00 It is apparent that this design requires a doomsday modification to cope with the damage the jap ones took.
The modification would be better cooling systems backup.
I completely dont blame the japs or the yanks for this reactor design this was one of the box and we can learn from it.
We learnt when we made jet planes with cabin pressurization not to use square windows.
prefect (6291)
1185420 2011-03-17 23:53:00 The US-made reactors at Fukushima are coming under close scrutiny as experts point to flaws in their original design and the lack of a safety feature that the nuclear industry is only now starting to address

home.nzcity.co.nz

You could say the same thing about cars designed 40 years ago. Not as safe as the car today so the same will apply to Nuke power plants..
paulw (1826)
1185421 2011-03-18 00:03:00 You could say the same thing about cars designed 40 years ago. Not as safe as the car today so the same will apply to Nuke power plants..

We might also add that we accept death by car on a regular basis in NZ too.
Snorkbox (15764)
1185422 2011-03-18 00:10:00 We might also add that we accept death by car on a regular basis in NZ too.

That's because the are all designed in America.

America has a lot to answer for.
Cicero (40)
1185423 2011-03-18 01:07:00 Nuclear power stations have changed in design so I still don't see a reason not to have one in NZ.Can we build the first one in Tokoroa then.? Pato (2463)
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