FW: [ RadSafe ] Yucca Mountain

[Dan W McCarn]

FYI
-----Original Message-----
From: jsalsman at gmail.com [mailto:jsalsman at gmail.com] On Behalf Of James Salsman
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 6:00 PM
To: Dan McCarn
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Yucca Mountain

Dan,

I will try to list my assumptions when I think of them.

"Load" means output power usage, in Ohms at a fixed voltage.

James Salsman



On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Dan McCarn <hotgreenchile at gmail.com> wrote:
> Again, your assumptions make no sence to me.  What assumptions have you made
> about At-Reactor Spent Fuel Storage that could be affected by weather?  What
> do you mean by "load"?
>
> Dan ii
>
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 5:33 PM, James Salsman <BenjB4 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dan,
>>
>> Thank you for your question:
>>
>> > Again, what connection do you bring between
>> > at-reactor spent fuel storage pools and weather?
>>
>> Rapid loss of load caused by flooding or forest fire,
>> leading to cooling needs beyond the scope of the
>> facility will have people in large vehicles scrambling
>> around everywhere and that can not be good for
>> containment.
>>
>> What is the current rate of U238 seepage from the
>> storage facilities?
>>
>> James Salsman
>
>
>
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