Ricofoley Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 It's still pretty disturbing regardless! If it were up to me I would simply not fight around the nuclear power plant! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Just now, Ricofoley said: It's still pretty disturbing regardless! If it were up to me I would simply not fight around the nuclear power plant! I would choose to not wage a war of imperialist aggression but I guess I’m just built different. 4 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 I did nuclear power for 10 years. What happened at Chernobyl is such a remote possibility for what could occur at this other power plant, you really shouldn't spend the calories worrying about it. Could there be a release of radiation if the Russians damage certain parts of the facility? Yes. Absolutely. But it won't be like Chernobyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 They make pretty clear in the HBO series that the RBMK reactor was an absolutely dogshit design and they still had to break protocol in like 10 separate ways to get it into the state that it was when it exploded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsida Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Chernobyl was a fail safe test that went wrong because it wasn’t in the right configuration before the test began. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: I did nuclear power for 10 years. What happened at Chernobyl is such a remote possibility for what could occur at this other power plant, you really shouldn't spend the calories worrying about it. Could there be a release of radiation if the Russians damage certain parts of the facility? Yes. Absolutely. But it won't be like Chernobyl. I know we're looking at different designs, but how would this compare to Fukushima? Also, it's probably safe to assume nowhere near the same level of immediate care and functional governing Japan was able to provide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 18 minutes ago, brucoe said: Doesn't this sound almost like the dialogue of the tv series Chernobyl, where they kept saying: "It can't happen"? And then it happened. What? Chernobyl happened because of extreme negligence and the dumbest possible people almost intentionally trying to make it happen. It was the most redneck shit ever. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Ghost_MH said: I know we're looking at different designs, but how would this compare to Fukushima? Also, it's probably safe to assume nowhere near the same level of immediate care and functional governing Japan was able to provide. Fukushima was due to a loss of cooling, not a prompt-critical event like Chernobyl. So I suppose a Fukushima like accident is possible, where a loss of cooling occurs due to the backup cooling systems failing. This is a fairly slow process though - minutes to hours until a release of radioactive particles. For perspective, Chernobyl happened over the course of a fraction of a second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Spent fuel is probably a bigger concern than the reactors tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CayceG Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Five of the six reactors at the ZNPP are shut down. So long as the cooling pumps keep running, it'll be fine. With power generation down, though, another danger (aside from shells hitting spent fuel--which is only a danger to the immediate area) is that Ukraine won't be able to meet its power demands. This plant supplies around 25% of the entire country's power. That's why Russia is doing this. They're just getting them to turn it off and move away from the power plant so they can occupy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: Fukushima was due to a loss of cooling, not a prompt-critical event like Chernobyl. So I suppose a Fukushima like accident is possible, where a loss of cooling occurs due to the backup cooling systems failing. This is a fairly slow process though - minutes to hours until a release of radioactive particles. For perspective, Chernobyl happened over the course of a fraction of a second. I don't think anybody should be concerned with three eyed fish. I'm more concerned with poisoned drinking water seeing as the Russians have shown some a fantastic organizational skills and top notch maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 It’s slow but the NPP has a real-time link to follow the reactors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 "Oh hey, I haven't seen ol' Craig Mazin tweet in a while. I sure liked that Chernobyl series he did. I wonder what he's talking about now! Oh... OH." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 44 minutes ago, brucoe said: Doesn't this sound almost like the dialogue of the tv series Chernobyl, where they kept saying: "It can't happen"? And then it happened. God himself could not sink this reactor! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Everything's fine, everyone. I mean, aside from the war. But there's no nuclear meltdown danger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, CayceG said: Everything's fine, everyone. I mean, aside from the war. But there's no nuclear meltdown danger. No nuclear meltdown danger yet. Jeez people have a little optimism that things will get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsida Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 13 minutes ago, CayceG said: Everything's fine, everyone. I mean, aside from the war. But there's no nuclear meltdown danger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 That Russian money dried up real quick 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 The Plant spokesperson was just on CNN talking to Anderson Cooper and he sounded a lot more worried about this plant than the pundits on this topic do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 If Putin wants NATO to intervene this is the way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 21 minutes ago, Air_Delivery said: If Putin wants NATO to intervene this is the way to do it. They won't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 The way to get NATO to intervene is to literally attack a NATO asset or country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 16 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said: They won't. If there will be a nuclear disaster that takes out Europe I think they at the minimum are gonna try to stop that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Can’t believe ESPN robbed us of a high as fuck Bill Walton take. Shame on ESPN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 With Russia's performance thus far, they are the last people we need anywhere near a nuclear power plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Air_Delivery said: If Putin wants NATO to intervene this is the way to do it. If NATO intervenes the Civ II military advisor pops up to chew out Biden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PaladinSolo Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Pretty graphic video of the aftermath of an ambush against Russian forces in Hostomel yesterday. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 Zelenskyy's got the FSB running around internally: 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Paddington 3 should just be 90 minutes of a bear affably dodging the hunting attempts of a Russian poacher. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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