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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (183231)2/21/2004 3:00:47 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1576160
 
Snippet from an article regarding lessons from past quakes, Oxford Engineering society.

Two ways of meeting this rigorous challenge are currently being researched and adopted. In the first, base isolation, the main structure is positioned on rubber springs so that it remains static as the ground moves. This technique had been in occasional use for some years before the earthquakes but the events at Northridge and Kobe have given the idea new impetus, although it can only be incorporated economically for new buildings.

We need to do something about the waste, I don't think earthquakes or terrorism pose much of a problem in comparison.

I think the terrorism issue is resolvable but like I said to Harry, I am not sure you can convince a lot of people that its safe.

As for problems presented by earthquakes, I am surprised at your comments given that you lived in CA for a while. I would never build a nuclear plant in earthquake country. Its a huge mistake no matter what new methods they come up with. The freeways in Kobe were supposed to be earthquake proof......they had engineering model after engineering model to prove it.....and they toppled like Legos.

But more importantly, you never know where is a good place to build. Even if you avoid every fault line, and we have no clue how many of them we are undiscovered, earthquakes are so unpredicatable and so variable, that you could be never sure if a site is safe.

I would fight like hell if they tried to build a new one in WA state.
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