tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post8674104291513079321..comments2024-03-19T01:48:39.709+00:00Comments on Power and Control: Fukushima Unit #3 Explosion 14 March '11M. Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-47797146602414663272011-03-19T20:44:40.818+00:002011-03-19T20:44:40.818+00:00I actually don't disagree with your synopsys o...I actually don't disagree with your synopsys of reactor conditions in Japan (though I do seem to take more reassurance from the MIT page discussing same). We also don't particularly disagree on the lack of civil enforcement capability regarding safety compliance in the existing nuclear power utility model in the US. I find the ready resort to government force somewhat noteworthy coming from a libertarian; I think there are other options having (somewhat) less potential for government expansion then that portends.<br /><br />If the US were to use military forces to enforce change/compliance on US nuclear power utility companies, what's your opinion of using that circumstance to mandate transition to a thorium fuel reactor model instead?Will Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454533450309633627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-54289250831652566102011-03-19T02:43:22.232+00:002011-03-19T02:43:22.232+00:00Are you trying to imply that nuclear power plants ...<i>Are you trying to imply that nuclear power plants should only be under the control of the military?</i><br /><br />Other than research reactors and the military my answer is yes. Those are both places where the cost of safety is not calculated on the basis of profit and loss. <br /><br />Of course that is under the present system. If the nuclear industry was fully liable for its errors I'd have no problem. You know - like suing car companies for defective product. <br /><br />BTW I do not favor a militarized electrical power industry. Coal will do nicely until Polywell comes along or we get enough experience with some new design reactors. <br /><br />Also note: If you go into the back issues of Popular Science I got a LTE published about how the defect that led to TMI was known years before it contributed to the accident. <br /><br />The nuclear power industry is badly run. Japan appears to be worse.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-85008777296774212612011-03-18T16:08:11.766+00:002011-03-18T16:08:11.766+00:00Are you trying to imply that nuclear power plants ...Are you trying to imply that nuclear power plants should only be under the control of the military? Stipulated that management operates under conflicting imperatives; name an alternative leadership model that does not.<br /><br />I've always thought that anarcho-libertarian was an oxymoron, but fascio-libertarian goes well beyond that. Or would totalitarian-libertarian be a better description of a militerised civilian electrical power generation industry?Will Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454533450309633627noreply@blogger.com