Why the Lights Could Go Out All Across America

Last week I warned about the danger of not anticipating the “what ifs” of energy, specifically, what if there is a deepwater drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Here’s a “what if” for electricity that should be keeping everyone up at night. What if there’s even a minor accident at nuclear power plant? In wake of Gulf oil spill, every one of the US’s 100+ commercial reactors would be have to be inspected, which likely would reveal brittle fracture and other problems brought on by age that Washington has been trying to avoid dealing with because the US has no substitute for nuclear power. Perhaps as many as 5 or 10 plants might have to be shut down for safety reasons, some maybe permanently, creating a power crisis.

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2 comments on “Why the Lights Could Go Out All Across America
  1. Frank Eggers says:

    Embrittlement resulting from neuron bombardment has been a known problem for decades; it has not been avoided. If a nuclear plant failed because of embrittlement, the results could be very costly for the owners of the nuclear plant. However, the failure would occur within the containment vessel, so the public would be protected. Obviously not all 104 reactors would fail at the same time.

    Presumably astute owners of nuclear plants will protect their investment by making repairs before failures occur. Also, here are ways to prevent the problem.

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