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"Not a reliable operator" | 26 comments (26 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: "Not a reliable operator" (4.00 / 3)

Pardon my ignorance, but I am unclear whether the issue is that two reactors of the same design have gotten into trouble, or that the two companies managing both are proving to be incompetent/not up to the job. Are these reactors similar in design to others managed by other companies without problems?

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Fri Jul 10th, 2009 at 07:17:58 AM EST

Re: "Not a reliable operator" (4.00 / 6)

It's not the design but the management of the plants that is in discussion -- though, in case of sustained management failure, the question of manageability does come up. However, there is indeed type similarity, too: one of the four blocks of Ringhals is, just like the single block of Krümmel, a boiling water reactor (BWR) -- not the oldest, but not the newest design either (the Ringhals BWR is from 1976, Krümmel is from 1984).

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by DoDo on Fri Jul 10th, 2009 at 08:27:42 AM EST
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