Theres people on here that won't trust the Chinese to make a battery charger without it blowing up.
But are happy to buy Chinese carbon frames.
I don't think we have the right to unleash this kind of thing on the planet as it's not ours. Same goes for our fossil fuel consumption and release of pollution.
So turn off that computer, flick the circuit breaker in your fuse cupboard and light a candle.
I think it's great as I'm only 4 miles from it. The French side of the deal has already improved many local properties and offered education to all those wanting to benefit from the project. And they helped the mess up an already struggling road system to get all the gear through the nearest metropolis that is Bilgewater to get to the coastal building site.And the thought of the Chinese being able to make Nuclear arms on my doorstep is fantastic. That should make it feel a little more cosy during the dark and cold winter nights now that rough cider is so unpopular these days. At least when they side with the Russians, they already have a Nuc in the area which will save on transportation costs. And I'll be able to get some more Mushroom pics.
I was under the impression that a new bypass had been built to handle construction traffic, is this not the case?
Education, yes, there is a whole new development centre, is that also a complete fabrication?
Nuclear arms? Who told you that? You are obviously unaware that the operators will be EDF and reprocessing will either be in France (most likely), Sellafield or like Sizewell, non existant. You obviously seem quite unaware of the necessary fuel cycling and reprocessing necessary to extract weapons grade plutonium never mind the fact that they will have plenty of domestic reactors to do this if they choose without having to rely on getting out of a country halfway around the world.
Like mike says, so many arguments are clouded with bullshit it just gets ridiculous.
So turn off that computer, flick the circuit breaker in your fuse cupboard and light a candle.
Other sources of electricity are available. But lets not let get in the way of making a sensationalist comment.
I thought this was Chinese finance not the power station tech.
Main Technology and design for the new reactor is French from EDF plus a sizeable chunk from the UK
Chinese-made technology isn't so bad, using it right now to view this website and type this,
as is probably everyone else....
Other sources of electricity are available. But lets not let get in the way of making a sensationalist comment.
So beyond any thermal sources what is the solution?
They are building a bypass for the local village but it all still has to battle its way through the main town that seems to come to stand still the very moment a stray shopping trolley drops off a kerb. So I can't see it coping well with the extra volume of traffic heading to the point.
Anything else I said was said with a tongue firmly placed in cheek.
Given the questioning of material quality comming out of china is deamed racist by some. Perhaps all the large oil project specifications I've seen in the last few years are written by racists? We even have to supply metal samples for confirmation before production so as to ensure quality and source. I'm not complaining just concerned that someone will see it as a good idea to build a nuclear plant from the stuff.
So beyond any thermal sources what is the solution?
To name a few:
PV, wind, hydro, tidal, wave, reverse electro-dialysis, pressure retarded osmosis, microbial fuel cell.
And then there is renewable thermal means using biomass, biomethane, bioethanol, solar turbine...
And lots more.
And of all those how many are at a stage where they are either compatible with our present grid system or viable on the sort of scale needed?
I'm well aware of the existence of all these technologies, what I'm not aware of is any way to integrate them reliably with our present grid system until such time as they can be depended upon without the need for a thermal base load.
Mt it's not racist, more a case of look how far its come, much like Korean, Taiwanese and Japanese manufacturing before that. From my own experiences I certainly have reservations about Chinese parts especially where knockoffs are concerned (not unknown for trusted suppliers to send us boxes of convincing looking garbage with faked QC certificates).FWIW though I don't think the materials will be imported, just the reactor design.
Sharki - apologies, looking at it it does read differently but I assumed you were being serious.
Squirrelling. I can only base my views on what I've seen. Some of the the QC docs are amazing for stainless steel particularly. Ask Shell what happens when you buy miles of 316L pipe for an offshore project, had to be replaced in less than a year.
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The first line of the wiki is
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC is a US based nuclear power company
?...and yet only a few lines below that it says:
Westinghouse Electric Company's history 1999–present[edit]
1999: Westinghouse Electric Company officially began operations as BNFL's nuclear power business.
2000: BNFL bought ABB Group's nuclear power business, and merged into Westinghouse.
2004: Westinghouse bids for two Chinese reactor sites; the US Export-Import bank approved $5 billion in loan guarantees[11]
2006: Westinghouse acquired PaR Nuclear/Ederer Nuclear Cranes, providing fuel and cask handling equipment systems. Westinghouse Electric Company was sold by BNFL to Toshiba,
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Squirrelling. I can only base my views on what I've seen. Some of the the QC docs are amazing for stainless steel particularly. Ask Shell what happens when you buy miles of 316L pipe for an offshore project, had to be replaced in less than a year.
As I said, I also have reservations. From experience in the marine industry the pattern parts are bad enough never mind the out and out fakes. That said, it would appear that there are good suppliers out there đŸ˜•
