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PITTSTON2SARASOTA · 03-17-2011, 09:07 AM

Here's a short and basic; but informative article from Popular Science Magazine and a few additional links as well videos>>>>>

How Nuclear Reactors Work, And How They Fail | Popular Science

Nuclear power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HowStuffWorks "How Nuclear Power Works"

Nuclear Power Education - The Science of Nuclear Power

Nuclear reactor technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nuclear accidents in Japan - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nuclear reactor physics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nuclear fission

List of nuclear reactors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

INSCDB: Maps: UNITED STATES (http://www.insc.anl.gov/pwrmaps/map/united_states.html - broken link)

Nuclear power and earthquake zones overlap in the U.S. | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Nuclear Power Risk

Major Nuclear Power Plant Accidents

US nuke plants ranked by quake risk - World news - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com

NRC: Fact Sheet on Nuclear Reactor Risk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXvc5jQVkVI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kamQl...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnjGY...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sqgf...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOf-t...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSFgm...eature=related

I hope this information within the links and videos will be useful to posters trying to better understand the current Japanese crisis brought on by an earthquake and the consequent tsunamis.

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Time and Space · 03-17-2011, 05:08 PM

my question is who will be around to man, maintaine these reactors 500 years from now??

Societies come and go, rise and fall....but reactors and nuclear energy need constant baby sitting...

Are we sabotagding future generations with all this nuclear stuff??

PITTSTON2SARASOTA · 03-17-2011, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Time and Space

my question is who will be around to man, maintaine these reactors 500 years from now??

Societies come and go, rise and fall....but reactors and nuclear energy need constant baby sitting...

Are we sabotagding future generations with all this nuclear stuff??

I think they will be long shutdown after 500 years

DrummerBoy · 03-20-2011, 03:09 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqwS0Ew77WE

cruxan · 03-20-2011, 05:52 PM

ancient japanese proverb.. it's not wise to release jenie from it's bottle

keep that stuff in the ground

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

emcee squared · 03-20-2011, 06:32 PM

I haven't time to go through all these links, but does anyone know how much it costs to build a nuclear power plant?

cruxan · 03-20-2011, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by emcee squared

I haven't time to go through all these links, but does anyone know how much it costs to build a nuclear power plant?

2 to 5 billion.

emcee squared · 03-21-2011, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by cruxan

2 to 5 billion.

Expensive...

Thank you.

Asheville Native · 03-21-2011, 07:09 PM

Anyone remember this 1980's era game?

PITTSTON2SARASOTA · 03-24-2011, 10:36 AM

Here's some more links for the scientifically inclined>>>>>>

There are eight "cutaways" in this link which can be enlarged>>>>>

Gallery: Nuclear Reactor Cutaways | Popular Science

Can Next-Generation Reactors Power a Safe Nuclear Future? | Popular Science

Designs for Newest U.S. Nuclear Plants Aim to Balance Safety and Costs: Scientific American

Robots Arrive at Fukushima Nuclear Site with Unclear Mission: Scientific American