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Reactor Shutdown Darkens South Florida
grassy_knoll asks, "So how fragile is the electrical grid, and just what technical problems could shut down five reactors?" "Five reactors at a nuclear power plant in Florida had gone down on Tuesday and two were now back online amid a massive power outage in the southern state, CNN reported. The report on the Turkey Point nuclear plant came as four million people had lost electricity in Miami and elsewhere in Florida, with traffic signals out and major delays on roads, authorities and media said."
Mod parent down.
Saying that "Nowadays one tries to break power generation up into much smaller parts" is a flat-out lie. Plants are as big as ever, and the majority of the baseline generating capacity being built today is many hundreds of megawatts for coal, and over a gigawatt per reactor for nuclear.
The Liberal-controlled press invented this story, even dragging out stock photos, to try to convince voters that Nuclear Power is not reliable.
Surely, we at Slashdot know beyond all doubt that Nuclear Power is reliable, fundamentally reliable, and reliable above all other forms of energy. Moreover, it is "Safe and Clean" so if you see any more stories about radiation leaks, and plutonium being flown over the US in an unsecured airplane, don't fall for it. The Left is just making up lies to discredit the one socialist program we Republican love best - single-payer-nuclear-insurance_&_ subsidy_program. Government does energy best, so anytime the government decides winners, the best technology wins out. Worked for Corn and Stalin, works for nuclear power. No other form of privately-developed-power provides as much power as the government-funded nuclear industry - so nuclear is better, and more reliable damn it.
AIK