Why is this news today - Nuke plants face EMP disaster as feds scramble for quick fix

Must keep sheeple in a constant state of fear.

Could it be because of this? Thread: 400,000 Mile Long "Solar Filament" Grows to 1,000,000 KM is Earth-Facing! Update:CME/Comet pg.15

Very interesting... I spend a lot of time managing large projects and risk.... risk management is crucial.

Some risks just do not get any traction... they are significant.. they can be mitigated, but the stakeholders do not think the costs to eliminate or transfer the risk to another party are justified -- so they reject the risk assessment made by professionals and do not take action.

UNTIL a scenario develops where the risk becomes a high probability event. Then you see people 'scramble to find a quick fix'.

Unfortunately, by that point they are in CYA mode -- and the fix is only superficial because taking the action required would require them to admit they screwed-up. Often, they did not allocate funds to the project to deal with the risk, and just the process to get more funds is too political for them to bear.

My guess -- they were told of the risks (anyone with a brain knew they were there) -- they did not plan or budget for the risks -- and they will not really address the issue because it would cost them their jobs, or reputation.

Simply stated - These things get taken care of up front -- or they don't get taken care of until the project fails. With EMP, that will be too late.

Actually the sheople appear to have no fear at all so long as they have enough entertainment. Joe and Susie Six Pack don't appear to be worried at all about tens of thousands of Christians dying at the hands of jihadist muslims, or a cornered Russian Bear retaking Ukraine, or the $18 trillion debt we can't pay, or the impending carsh of the Euro. Nope, they don't get worried at all until the TV tells them too and even then they get a commercial break every 10 minutes and the world is saved once again in an hour.

Very interesting... I spend a lot of time managing large projects and risk.... risk management is crucial.

Some risks just do not get any traction... they are significant.. they can be mitigated, but the stakeholders do not think the costs to eliminate or transfer the risk to another party are justified -- so they reject the risk assessment made by professionals and do not take action.

UNTIL a scenario develops where the risk becomes a high probability event. Then you see people 'scramble to find a quick fix'.

Unfortunately, by that point they are in CYA mode -- and the fix is only superficial because taking the action required would require them to admit they screwed-up. Often, they did not allocate funds to the project to deal with the risk, and just the process to get more funds is too political for them to bear.

My guess -- they were told of the risks (anyone with a brain knew they were there) -- they did not plan or budget for the risks -- and they will not really address the issue because it would cost them their jobs, or reputation.

Simply stated - These things get taken care of up front -- or they don't get taken care of until the project fails. With EMP, that will be too late.

Very interesting... I spend a lot of time managing large projects and risk.... risk management is crucial.

Some risks just do not get any traction... they are significant.. they can be mitigated, but the stakeholders do not think the costs to eliminate or transfer the risk to another party are justified -- so they reject the risk assessment made by professionals and do not take action.

UNTIL a scenario develops where the risk becomes a high probability event. Then you see people 'scramble to find a quick fix'.

Unfortunately, by that point they are in CYA mode -- and the fix is only superficial because taking the action required would require them to admit they screwed-up. Often, they did not allocate funds to the project to deal with the risk, and just the process to get more funds is too political for them to bear.

My guess -- they were told of the risks (anyone with a brain knew they were there) -- they did not plan or budget for the risks -- and they will not really address the issue because it would cost them their jobs, or reputation.

Simply stated - These things get taken care of up front -- or they don't get taken care of until the project fails. With EMP, that will be too late.

Very good analysis!


So, they are either lying and fear mongering and already have a plan

or we're fooked

Actually the sheople appear to have no fear at all so long as they have enough entertainment. Joe and Susie Six Pack don't appear to be worried at all about tens of thousands of Christians dying at the hands of jihadist muslims, or a cornered Russian Bear retaking Ukraine, or the $18 trillion debt we can't pay, or the impending carsh of the Euro. Nope, they don't get worried at all until the TV tells them too and even then they get a commercial break every 10 minutes and the world is saved once again in an hour.

Most diesel generators can withstand a blast depending on the yield that set it off.

yeh. but enough electronics widgets will be fried so nothing works.

I think what AC was getting at

Is the Diesel Generators to run the cooling pumps.....

when the grid Fries to keep the cooling pumps running.

To keep the Nukes from going ballistic.

It is well known that the Nuke plants have 1-2 weeks of stored diesel.


What he fails to realize is that after the Grid goes......

There will not be more diesel coming by truck

To keep the diesel generators running

To keep the Nukes from going HOT.

Critical thinking......HOW Does that work?

:Darwin Award:

I do not like the way this is looking.

It's the why now part that gets me. The article is written like it is new news and the word "scramble" hardly fits the government's more than a decade old acknowledgement and refusal to do anything about it. Is somebody itchy because of the gigantic filament on the sun or nervous because of the tactical nuke like massive explosion in Ukraine yesterday? If so they certainly didn't reference any specific development either natural or man made.

Just weird.

2 weeks is the number often quoted when that subject comes up.

Total lack of planning. Just as the supposed possible ways of protecting these Lemmings has never been implemented, so also they assume that in 2 weeks or less they would be resupplied.

Ignoring a Grid failure situation.

Assholes watching the bottom profit line and nothing else.

Obviously some don't understand how an EMP works. Sure that deisel may run, as long as you can hand crank it because the starter motor will be fried.

Along with every other peice of electronic device that's not sheilded.


Hate to burst your comfort bubble, but any protection "they" do is not for you and I.

I think you are missing the point,,

TWo weeks is plenty of time to remove the rods
and terminate nuclear fusion. Thereby the plant is safe
and shut down and in no need of any diesel delivery.

CAPICE?,, you where saying about critical thinking? And Darwin award?

I think what AC was getting at

Is the Diesel Generators to run the cooling pumps.....

when the grid Fries to keep the cooling pumps running.

To keep the Nukes from going ballistic.

It is well known that the Nuke plants have 1-2 weeks of stored diesel.


What he fails to realize is that after the Grid goes......

There will not be more diesel coming by truck

To keep the diesel generators running

To keep the Nukes from going HOT.

Critical thinking......HOW Does that work?

:Darwin Award:

I believe you are mistaken.

Nukes cannot be shut down and cooled as fast as you think.


When a nuclear reactor has been shut down, and nuclear fission is not occurring at a large scale, the major source of heat production will be due to the beta decay of these fission fragments. For this reason, at the moment of reactor shutdown, decay heat will be about 6.5% of the previous core power if the reactor has had a long and steady power history. About 1 hour after shutdown, the decay heat will be about 1.5% of the previous core power. After a day, the decay heat falls to 0.4%, and after a week it will be only 0.2%. The decay heat production rate will continue to slowly decrease over time; the decay curve depends upon the proportions of the various fission products in the core and upon their respective half-lives. An approximation for the decay heat curve valid from 10 SECONDS to 100 DAYS after shutdown is (equation: [link to upload.wikimedia.org]
Where P is the decay power, P0 is the reactor power before shutdown, τ is the time since reactor start and τs is the time of reactor shutdown measured from the time of startup (in seconds).
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