The groundwater wells between the reactors and the sea are giving readings as high as 2.7 million becquerels / liter now. Other reports say far more - up into the hundreds of millions of becquerels per liter. Previous readings were far lower. The becquerel is an exceptionally small unit, but it is not small enough for that level of radioactivity to not be a threat to the health and safety of someone digging a well. Just coming in contact with that would probably mean the end of your career in nuclear energy.
"Keep it contained" is a little optimistic. There is radioactive tea draining from the site to the sea. They are trying to use robots to install an ice dam in the beach to stop that, but have yet to begin installing it. It is unknown if it will actually work. They estimate they are losing 300 tons of fluid per day, of unknown composition but most certainly very radioactive. That is not "contained".
Up. Super Earths likely have moons. This is good because the habitable zone for many of the stars they orbit is close enough to tidally lock the planet, but not the moon.
Still comes with a horridly insecure browser integrated into the OS that is incompatible with their previous browsers and enterprise web apps and cannot be removed. Still prohibits preinstall of alternative browsers, search engines. Still prefers Outlook.com sign in. Is still Windows. Seems like they still have a few issues to work through.
These devices still need the expensive storage, memory and processor required to support Windows. Competitors don't. They are limited to the peripherals Microsoft supports. Competitors aren't. OEMs of Windows devices have to share design plans with their direct competitor Microsoft for platform testing. Makers of alternatives don't. Platforms that qualify have a maximum price, alternatives don't. These are still important issues.
These bubbles can be pretty cool. When they bust often times they take down good things too, which can be had for pennies on the dollar. This is why companies like Apple and Google hoard their cash.
Ultimately California will have to turn to desalination. They built a huge metroplex and agriculture hub in a desert. They now pipe in all the uphill water and then some, and use every drop. Their thirst has been so extreme it has altered the climate hundreds of miles away. It is either that or evacuate.
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This is groundwater flowing from the mountains to the sea. To quit adding water they would have to put a dam on the uphill side as well.
The groundwater wells between the reactors and the sea are giving readings as high as 2.7 million becquerels / liter now. Other reports say far more - up into the hundreds of millions of becquerels per liter. Previous readings were far lower. The becquerel is an exceptionally small unit, but it is not small enough for that level of radioactivity to not be a threat to the health and safety of someone digging a well. Just coming in contact with that would probably mean the end of your career in nuclear energy.
"Keep it contained" is a little optimistic. There is radioactive tea draining from the site to the sea. They are trying to use robots to install an ice dam in the beach to stop that, but have yet to begin installing it. It is unknown if it will actually work. They estimate they are losing 300 tons of fluid per day, of unknown composition but most certainly very radioactive. That is not "contained".
Windows and SCADA (shudder)
You only need one planet with life 3 billion years ago for it to have polluted the entire galaxy by now. Er... Wait a minute...
Up. Super Earths likely have moons. This is good because the habitable zone for many of the stars they orbit is close enough to tidally lock the planet, but not the moon.
They can work on the bus. There is no need to drive it all the way into town.
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Here is a heartwarming story. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pu...
Maybe you should read this.
This is a different type of Plutonium. Not the he same thing at all.
We still have many tons of spent fuel to recycle. About enough to power the nation for 500 years.
Still comes with a horridly insecure browser integrated into the OS that is incompatible with their previous browsers and enterprise web apps and cannot be removed. Still prohibits preinstall of alternative browsers, search engines. Still prefers Outlook.com sign in. Is still Windows. Seems like they still have a few issues to work through.
These devices still need the expensive storage, memory and processor required to support Windows. Competitors don't. They are limited to the peripherals Microsoft supports. Competitors aren't. OEMs of Windows devices have to share design plans with their direct competitor Microsoft for platform testing. Makers of alternatives don't. Platforms that qualify have a maximum price, alternatives don't. These are still important issues.
You want a copy to prank somebody with? You're mean.
I hope Google brings this digital divide to my town next.
In rural Grant county Washington they have had municipal gigabit fiber to the home for 14 years. If the people make it a priority it will happen.
Google's free tier is even better than multiple tiers other providers charge good money for.
That's 380 million per liter times 100,000 liters. Considering how much of this stuff they have on the site the total must be quite horrific.
It does not improve my comfort with nuclear power that these people are still in charge of this plant.
Well it's not cool that Novell and Unix wound up in the hands of Attachmate, where old software goes out to pasture, but good things come of it too.
These bubbles can be pretty cool. When they bust often times they take down good things too, which can be had for pennies on the dollar. This is why companies like Apple and Google hoard their cash.
Solution: they can't get your secrets out if you don't put them in.
Those people sucked dry the entire Owens Valley. How important are they?
Ultimately California will have to turn to desalination. They built a huge metroplex and agriculture hub in a desert. They now pipe in all the uphill water and then some, and use every drop. Their thirst has been so extreme it has altered the climate hundreds of miles away. It is either that or evacuate.