Comments on: Nuclear Power MegaPost : Redux http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/01/22/nuclear-power-megapost-redux/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:55:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ash http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/01/22/nuclear-power-megapost-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-194425 Ash Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:25:13 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=738#comment-194425 41 48 07.75 N 81 08 31.84 W That's the Nuclear Power Plant by my house. 41 48 07.75 N 81 08 31.84 W
That’s the Nuclear Power Plant by my house.

]]> By: Glenn http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/01/22/nuclear-power-megapost-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-9795 Glenn Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:15:49 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=738#comment-9795 what's this one? http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&ll=53.581583,-1.08741&spn=0.003344,0.007317&t=k what’s this one?

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Doug http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/01/22/nuclear-power-megapost-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-9059 Doug Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:48:55 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=738#comment-9059 Tim, If you are referring to the round object near the center of your posted link, that is a natural-draft hyperbolic cooling tower. Many people mistakenly believe that these are an absolute sign of a nuclear plant. However, many coal-fied (in this case) or other types of fossil-fuel plants utilize these also. They are simply the largest-capacity towers made, handling flows up to 500,000 gpm (that's over 700 million gallons per day!) in some cases. Doug Tim,

If you are referring to the round object near the center of your posted link, that is a natural-draft hyperbolic cooling tower. Many people mistakenly believe that these are an absolute sign of a nuclear plant. However, many coal-fied (in this case) or other types of fossil-fuel plants utilize these also. They are simply the largest-capacity towers made, handling flows up to 500,000 gpm (that’s over 700 million gallons per day!) in some cases.

Doug

]]> By: O s a m a B.L. http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/01/22/nuclear-power-megapost-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-9051 O s a m a B.L. Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:08:46 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=738#comment-9051 Thank you for this interesting information. Thank you for this interesting information.

]]> By: Tim http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/01/22/nuclear-power-megapost-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-9046 Tim Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:02:38 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=738#comment-9046 This is in Southern New Jersey http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Tuckerton+NJ&ll=39.290311,-74.637283&spn=0.005597,0.011469&t=k Large, abandoned looking silo, anyone know info on this? Looks to be near a CoGen plant of some sort. This is in Southern New Jersey Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Large, abandoned looking silo, anyone know info on this? Looks to be near a CoGen plant of some sort.

]]> By: Peter http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/01/22/nuclear-power-megapost-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-9042 Peter Mon, 23 Jan 2006 04:19:01 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=738#comment-9042 The huge costs associated with the Shoreham plant eventually brought down the electric company that built it, the Long Island Lighting Company, requiring a taxpayer-funded state takeover. It's also a good part of the reason why electric rates on Long Island are among the highest in the country. The huge costs associated with the Shoreham plant eventually brought down the electric company that built it, the Long Island Lighting Company, requiring a taxpayer-funded state takeover. It’s also a good part of the reason why electric rates on Long Island are among the highest in the country.

]]> By: MAW http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/01/22/nuclear-power-megapost-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-9041 MAW Mon, 23 Jan 2006 04:05:00 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=738#comment-9041 The Enrico Fermi plant is easily spotted when flying into Detroit from the south. I took a trip to Detroit last March and then hunted through Google Maps to see the plant that I saw on the flight once I got home. The Enrico Fermi plant is easily spotted when flying into Detroit from the south. I took a trip to Detroit last March and then hunted through Google Maps to see the plant that I saw on the flight once I got home.

]]> By: Olly http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/01/22/nuclear-power-megapost-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-9030 Olly Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:22:57 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=738#comment-9030 northern git: Thanks for the nice comments! salguod: Thanks for that, that was pretty stupid of me... northern git: Thanks for the nice comments!

salguod: Thanks for that, that was pretty stupid of me…

]]> By: salguod http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/01/22/nuclear-power-megapost-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-9029 salguod Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:02:44 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=738#comment-9029 I live in Ohio and used to live in Detoit. The Enrico Fermi plant is between Detroit, MI and Toledo, OH. The plant is in Michigan, not Ohio, near Monroe, MI. I live in Ohio and used to live in Detoit. The Enrico Fermi plant is between Detroit, MI and Toledo, OH. The plant is in Michigan, not Ohio, near Monroe, MI.

]]> By: James Aach http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/01/22/nuclear-power-megapost-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-9028 James Aach Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:31:17 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=738#comment-9028 Your readers might be interested to know there is a new techno-thriller novel about the American nuclear power industry, written by a longtime nuclear engineer (me), and available at no cost on the net. This book provides an entertaining and accurate portrait of the nuclear industry today and how a nuclear accident would be handled. It was written with the lay person in mind. It is called “Rad Decision�, and is at http://RadDecision.blogspot.com. "I'd like to see Rad Decision widely read." - Stewart Brand, founder of "The Whole Earth Catalog." Your readers might be interested to know there is a new techno-thriller novel about the American nuclear power industry, written by a longtime nuclear engineer (me), and available at no cost on the net. This book provides an entertaining and accurate portrait of the nuclear industry today and how a nuclear accident would be handled. It was written with the lay person in mind. It is called “Rad Decision�, and is at http://RadDecision.blogspot.com.

“I’d like to see Rad Decision widely read.” – Stewart Brand, founder of “The Whole Earth Catalog.”

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