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Ohio faces a decision soon about its two nuclear reactors, Davis-Besse and Perry, and on Wednesday, neighbors of one of those plants issued a cry for help. The reactors’ problem is that the price of electricity they sell on the high-voltage grid is depressed, mostly because of a surplus of natural gas. And the reactors do not get any revenue for the other benefits they provide. Some of those benefits are regional – emissions-free electricity, reliability with months of fuel on-site, and diversity in case of problems or price spikes with gas or coal, state and federal payroll taxes, and national economic stimulus as the plants buy fuel, supplies and services. Some of the benefits are highly localized, including employment and property taxes. One locality is already feeling the pinch: Oak Harbor on Lake Erie, home to Davis-Besse. The town has a middle school in a building that is 106 years old, and an elementary school from the 1950s, and on May 2 was scheduled to have a referendu
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nice blog. I'm reading it daily. Could you please comment a bit the damage report by TEPCO? There are some items that aren't very clear, in particular the reason of the leak of unit 7. Many greetings and keep the spirit. It is important to transmit the facts about nuclear energy.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070720TDY01005.htm
This stuff is significant in the turbine when the turbines are operating, but it shouldn't get out of the plumbing.
I would have thought most of this stuff, especially the coolant in a BWR, would be reasonably earthquake proofed, too.
You might also get traces of activated corrosion products in the BWR coolant too, I guess. I've heard Cr-51 and Co-60 mentioned, which are plausible.