China..

[Mike_hawk]

Nice one, they have done the deal and China will invest in our nuclear power generation and other things. Lets get the money in.

 

.......and get our kids to repay it five fold over the next generation

[SabreSheep]

Off topic posts moved to new thread.

 

Tax Credits are not China!

[obiter dictum]

It is interesting to note various member states of the EU have taken the UK Government to the CJEU on giving state aid to a commercial company. Not a peep on that one

 

Serious concerns on these Chinese reactors to such an extent France and Finland have started an immediate enquiry as to design flaws in safety valves.

 

The biggest concern is that the reactor being built at sizewell is the Chinese own reactor with their own software/operating system.

 

That brings up major security implications.

 

China is number one at the moment on prolific cyber crime. We might be bussom buddies at the moment but what about in five, ten, twenty years time

 

Will they have a back door into the operating system??

 

You just cannot flick the switch with Nuclear fission

Edited October 21, 2015 by obiter dictum

[obiter dictum]

Go to the wholesale electricity market today and a unit of electricity, measured in mega watt hours, will cost you around £45. To build Hinkley C nuclear power station, Chinese and French energy firms have been guaranteed £92.50 per mega watt hour.

 

A 35-year guaranteed income

 

Madness

[Conniff]

You just cannot flick the switch with Nuclear fission

 

Yes you can, you turn a key and the reactor scrams.

[obiter dictum]

So the flick of a switch will stop the reaction??

 

Nope you can never turn off nuclear reaction as it lasts on average 10,000 years

 

You might be able to control the pile, but not the reaction itself, roughly 7% still remains active

 

That is where the term "China Syndrome" Originates" and why Chernobyl has been entombed in concrete

[Conniff]

So the flick of a switch will stop the reaction??

 

Nope you can never turn off nuclear reaction as it lasts on average 10,000 years

 

You might be able to control the pile, but not the reaction itself, roughly 7% still remains active

 

That is where the term "China Syndrome" Originates" and why Chernobyl has been entombed in concrete

 

I'm so glad your time with the CWU made you an expert, I never knew that.

[obiter dictum]

Not Wikipedia either

 

Real books

 

But what has China got to do with membership of a trade union is beyond me

 

Do please try and stay on topic

[Conniff]

"Do please try and stay on topic" - Joke right! Kettle / black comes to mind.