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<blockquote data-quote="Phil Graham" data-source="post: 24072" data-attributes="member: 430">Re: Attempting to bring clarity to the nuclear problems facing Japan&nbsp;John,Here in Georgia, at the Hatch plant, we have two boiling water reactors of the same type as in Japan (GE BWR with mark 1 containment). They are far enough inland that it would take a global cataclysm to flood their generators, but I&#039;d still rather see them decomissioned. Certainly there will be upgrades to the auxiliary power and SNF cooling systems after this has run its course.Vogtle is a comparatively new plant, the reactors are probably Westinghouse PWR-1000. It cost a fortune to build because of the NRC&#039;s ever improving saftey standards from the time of TMI to Chernobyl to the end of the 80s. Vogtle is about as modern as you can find. I also would expect the NRC to evaluate the height and protection of the supplemental power generation, and likely uprate its protection standard. This is something likely to be implemented nation-wide at all reactor facilities of all types.Other than the GE Mark 1, I suspect all modern reactor designs would behave similarly in this situation, but that is only my personal speculation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Phil Graham, post: 24072, member: 430"] Re: Attempting to bring clarity to the nuclear problems facing Japan John, Here in Georgia, at the Hatch plant, we have two boiling water reactors of the same type as in Japan (GE BWR with mark 1 containment). They are far enough inland that it would take a global cataclysm to flood their generators, but I'd still rather see them decomissioned. Certainly there will be upgrades to the auxiliary power and SNF cooling systems after this has run its course. Vogtle is a comparatively new plant, the reactors are probably Westinghouse PWR-1000. It cost a fortune to build because of the NRC's ever improving saftey standards from the time of TMI to Chernobyl to the end of the 80s. Vogtle is about as modern as you can find. I also would expect the NRC to evaluate the height and protection of the supplemental power generation, and likely uprate its protection standard. This is something likely to be implemented nation-wide at all reactor facilities of all types. Other than the GE Mark 1, I suspect all modern reactor designs would behave similarly in this situation, but that is only my personal speculation. [/QUOTE]

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