Blah, blah. Keen gets her digs in on the stand.
The only thing new was this 1 in 1000 thing of fuel failure, but I don't really think the pump replacements changed this probability. If the chance of fuel failure is 100% with a major earthquake, then those odds are like 1 in 100 per year.
Also the coment that " 1,000 times higher than the international standard of one in a million " gives one pause. The reactor is still operating at this alarming level of potential danger a fact that has got to cause increased fear and anxiety in a public that is about to have the prospect of new and refurbished nuclear power plants comming on line being regulated by Toadies.
ReplyDeleteA question about the odds vs time, if the chance of an event is 1 in 100 per year is it the same as 1 in 36,500 per day?
Yes, as you shorten the time span, the odds become more remote. We used this a lot in the nuclear biz, when putting up some temporary supports, or taking off a backup pump for a short time.
ReplyDeleteLike I said, nobody mentions whether these terrible odds have improved at all. The Toadies say that it's 'as safe as ever'. However, I think Keen just stuck to this pump thing as a 'last straw', and it might not have been that significant in itself.