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		<title>By: DeLuzional</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-windscale-disaster#comment-25494</link>
		<dc:creator>DeLuzional</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I thought most of you would enjoy this

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/default.htm</description>
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		<title>By: DeLuzional</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-windscale-disaster#comment-25493</link>
		<dc:creator>DeLuzional</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[quote]Thag said: &quot;Con-fusion say “He who splits atom, have bad eve.”&quot;[/quote]

says everything I think...:)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[quote]Thag said: &#8220;Con-fusion say “He who splits atom, have bad eve.”&#8221;[/quote]</p>
<p>says everything I think&#8230;:)</p>
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		<title>By: the real michael</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-windscale-disaster#comment-25491</link>
		<dc:creator>the real michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The heros of this farce were indeed the ZEROS
who caused this to happen in the first place... in an attempt 

to cool the overheating chambers they blew oxygen through 

them.... what normally
happens (as in a coke oven for instance)
is that the oxygen flow keeps the fire raging until it is 

switched off, and thats what happened at windscale, in 

laymans terms, the numpties blew cold air in expecting it to 

cool but actually caused the raging inferno,it wasnt until 

the blower went out that the overheating more or less 

stopped. The
techs at windscale were to blame..they wernt heros at 

all...just ZEROS...so much for hm gov employing monkeys! just 

though id mention it incase you thought that the disaster was 

evaded through the intellect of any employee of 

windscale...it wasnt.

let me add that windscale was built under the guise
of a modern,clean and safe way of generating
electricity, that is the ONLY reason why it was approved
without too much dissent, but we now know the truth
that it was built to make fuel for bombs designed to
kill all lifeforms, which we dont want..or need..


there is a more modern way to generate electric which
is 100% safe to the enviroment, but the gov dont want to know
because the primary objective is to produce plutonium for 

bombs, and until we all dissent against these meglomaniacs
it will continue until the amount of nuclear plants will 

become a major irreversable threat to life as we know it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The heros of this farce were indeed the ZEROS<br />
who caused this to happen in the first place&#8230; in an attempt </p>
<p>to cool the overheating chambers they blew oxygen through </p>
<p>them&#8230;. what normally<br />
happens (as in a coke oven for instance)<br />
is that the oxygen flow keeps the fire raging until it is </p>
<p>switched off, and thats what happened at windscale, in </p>
<p>laymans terms, the numpties blew cold air in expecting it to </p>
<p>cool but actually caused the raging inferno,it wasnt until </p>
<p>the blower went out that the overheating more or less </p>
<p>stopped. The<br />
techs at windscale were to blame..they wernt heros at </p>
<p>all&#8230;just ZEROS&#8230;so much for hm gov employing monkeys! just </p>
<p>though id mention it incase you thought that the disaster was </p>
<p>evaded through the intellect of any employee of </p>
<p>windscale&#8230;it wasnt.</p>
<p>let me add that windscale was built under the guise<br />
of a modern,clean and safe way of generating<br />
electricity, that is the ONLY reason why it was approved<br />
without too much dissent, but we now know the truth<br />
that it was built to make fuel for bombs designed to<br />
kill all lifeforms, which we dont want..or need..</p>
<p>there is a more modern way to generate electric which<br />
is 100% safe to the enviroment, but the gov dont want to know<br />
because the primary objective is to produce plutonium for </p>
<p>bombs, and until we all dissent against these meglomaniacs<br />
it will continue until the amount of nuclear plants will </p>
<p>become a major irreversable threat to life as we know it.</p>
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		<title>By: BenKinsey</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-windscale-disaster#comment-22951</link>
		<dc:creator>BenKinsey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I appreciate the article and thanks for not dumbing it down for us who aren&#039;t scientists, I think it has actually helped me comprehend how nuclear energy works, fission and all that. I also appreciate those who provide insightful comments, I have learned alot since coming to DI!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I appreciate the article and thanks for not dumbing it down for us who aren&#8217;t scientists, I think it has actually helped me comprehend how nuclear energy works, fission and all that. I also appreciate those who provide insightful comments, I have learned alot since coming to DI!</p>
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		<title>By: Dexcelcious</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-windscale-disaster#comment-22731</link>
		<dc:creator>Dexcelcious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Americans always with the isolationism!
Well, that did kinda go out the window with Vietnam....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Americans always with the isolationism!<br />
Well, that did kinda go out the window with Vietnam&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: sh0cktopus</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-windscale-disaster#comment-21251</link>
		<dc:creator>sh0cktopus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 05:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[quote]Alx_xlA said: &quot;I&#039;m sure that everyone there was thinking the same one word: Whoops!&quot;[/quote]

For some reason, I don&#039;t think their thoughts were as family-friendly as &quot;Whoops!&quot;  I would give you some more probable utterances, but I&#039;m not too familiar with extravagant British curses.  Perhaps someone would like to give a few examples?  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[quote]Alx_xlA said: &#8220;I&#8217;m sure that everyone there was thinking the same one word: Whoops!&#8221;[/quote]</p>
<p>For some reason, I don&#8217;t think their thoughts were as family-friendly as &#8220;Whoops!&#8221;  I would give you some more probable utterances, but I&#8217;m not too familiar with extravagant British curses.  Perhaps someone would like to give a few examples?  :)</p>
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		<title>By: Alx_xlA</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-windscale-disaster#comment-19681</link>
		<dc:creator>Alx_xlA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sure that everyone there was thinking the same one word: Whoops!</description>
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		<title>By: martin123</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-windscale-disaster#comment-17576</link>
		<dc:creator>martin123</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It seems you&#039;ve skated over a BIG point - the fire was only really put out by Tom Tuohy&#039;s second decision, after connecting the water, to CUT OFF THE AIR...... if it had not been for this decision, it would probably have been meltdown within a few hours (or as near to meltdown as we can imagine). Of course in the Penney Report the operators (especially Tuohy) who actually saved the day,  just got the collective BLAME for &quot;not following procedures&quot;. There was some meally mouthed fudging about &quot;inadequate instrumentation&quot;, but essentially the accident was &quot;caused&quot; by &quot;an error of judgement&quot;.  Tom Tuohy probably deserved a medal for what he did, an MBE at least. I knew nothing of this detail until I saw the BBC2 documentary tonight.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems you&#8217;ve skated over a BIG point &#8211; the fire was only really put out by Tom Tuohy&#8217;s second decision, after connecting the water, to CUT OFF THE AIR&#8230;&#8230; if it had not been for this decision, it would probably have been meltdown within a few hours (or as near to meltdown as we can imagine). Of course in the Penney Report the operators (especially Tuohy) who actually saved the day,  just got the collective BLAME for &#8220;not following procedures&#8221;. There was some meally mouthed fudging about &#8220;inadequate instrumentation&#8221;, but essentially the accident was &#8220;caused&#8221; by &#8220;an error of judgement&#8221;.  Tom Tuohy probably deserved a medal for what he did, an MBE at least. I knew nothing of this detail until I saw the BBC2 documentary tonight.</p>
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