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how did they make the channel tunnel then?
Originally posted by wrabbit2000
I have a direct reason why we don't have tech to make that work. The Pacific Ocean is 200 yards away from the reactor buildings. That would make the water table there, just about ground level. Your tunneling machine would immediately become a submarine with all the literal problems of a sub going into depth as it went.
Radioactive.....well, INSANELY radioactive...water surrounding it. There be cores down there somewhere.
robots dont have to go no where near. And dont bag my mind with yours.
Originally posted by Mamatus
reply to post by symptomoftheuniverse
Not to be a wiener or anything but I suspect better minds than ours have been working on this problem for some time. The reality is that there is no solution known to our current technology. Robots will cook themselves to death and despite the Japanese Bushido code I doubt many people are lining up for the job.
edit on 22-8-2013 by Mamatus because: (no reason given)
thats exactly what im proposing. And cement, sand,and any other stuff they need to dump. Multiple tunnels all concrete lined. Proper filtreing at surface level.250tunnels blown up together,the outer concrete cylinder left intact. Bulldoze the rest of the crap in and plug.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by symptomoftheuniverse
It's 250 feet deep, and concrete lined. You're proposing digging down, and blowing up the tunnel. That would most likely bring water rushing in.
how do they keep water out of the channel tunnel. Do you propose leaving all that fuel for the next tsunami/earthquake. All we can do is buy time now.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by symptomoftheuniverse
In relatively small amounts. Your solution would flood the area with massive amounts of water, and create so much more of an ecological disaster that it's not even funny.