Thread: Nuclear power plants

Originally Posted by KarlB

Just to get things back on track:

thats like trying to compare a toyota and landrover.

one is badly designed, badly maintained and badly run, and then people are surprised when it blows up


even a car with a 5 star safety rating (fukushima) will be badly dented when it hit by a semi (tsunami)

Originally Posted by Tank

Not just the greens I can assure you, and all those brave citizens that want a nuclear plant in their backyard should save some room to store the waste, for say a few hundred thousand years, still got your hands up, Regards Frank.

We put it back where we got it from in the first place.

Put one in Adelaide, close to the uranium and close to the water.

No doubt there is a place for nuclear power but if every house in Australia had solar panels there may be no need for any extra generating capacity at all

Do we have any deep salt reserves to dump the nuclear waste into ?

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Originally Posted by KarlB

Just to get things back on track: DRIVING INTO CHERNOBYL - YouTube.

Thanks for that glowing report.
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Originally Posted by Sparksdisco

We put it back where we got it from in the first place.
Put one in Adelaide, close to the uranium and close to the water.

Quote: Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

no way, the bloody thing would probably leak.

I laughed when I read your post complete with your signature line.
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Originally Posted by goingbush

but if every house in Australia had solar panels there may be no need for any extra generating capacity at all

nope. i made this calculation once.
if every building in australia has panels on top, it wouldnt meet the residential (not including business or industry) base demand, let alone peak demand

solar is a good idea but its got a long way to go.

Don't believe everything you see on the Simpsons, I say Bring on Nuclear power.

Originally Posted by Eevo

nope. i made this calculation once.
if every building in australia has panels on top, it wouldnt meet the residential (not including business or industry) base demand, let alone peak demand

solar is a good idea but its got a long way to go.

Strange, my brother has a humungous house w a/c and hydronic heating and a huge solar pv array, it more than covers what he uses, recieving credits on his account even during winter, Dad has a smallish house with proportionally smaller array, neither he nor my brother has paid a power bill since installing.

If we end up buying another house will be going solar to, no brainer.

edit, I just found this
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/...ouse-had-solar