The ultimate challenge for a Fire Protection Engineer is nuclear power plants. When in 100 years we actually know the combined clean-up costs for Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, which we will all pay for in very real dollars – One trillion for my example. We can then amortize that cost over the some three hundred commercial, land based nuclear power plants in the world. Therefore in addition to the extremely expensive construction and ultimate “decommissioning” costs for each nuclear power plant, you could then conceivably add another three billion three hundred million to the cost per plant.
From a basic wall-street economic perspective: is nuclear power worth its true cost? I would suggest this questions needs extensive public debate. And, is the extra expense spent on exceeding the minimums that are
set forth in construction and life safety codes worth a long look? On this question there is no doubt. We have now seen that there is no current fire protection system that can prevent a nuclear reactor core melt-down and the associated radioactive environmental contamination, under what are some very foreseeable disasters – man made or otherwise.
I would suggest that fire protection engineering schools pay special attention to including nuclear power plant protection systems in their curriculum. I would encourage those companies involved in the manufacture of nuclear power plant materials, components and construction to lend special support to those universities that have fire protection engineering degree programs. Like them or not we will be living with nuclear power plants for at least another 150 years.
set forth in construction and life safety codes worth a long look? On this question there is no doubt. We have now seen that there is no current fire protection system that can prevent a nuclear reactor core melt-down and the associated radioactive environmental contamination, under what are some very foreseeable disasters – man made or otherwise.
I would suggest that fire protection engineering schools pay special attention to including nuclear power plant protection systems in their curriculum. I would encourage those companies involved in the manufacture of nuclear power plant materials, components and construction to lend special support to those universities that have fire protection engineering degree programs. Like them or not we will be living with nuclear power plants for at least another 150 years.
Please let me know what you think,
Felix
email: felix@lexcosecurity.com
web site: www.lexcosecurity.com
Dear Felix,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and many thanks for this great initiative which is really useful for all of us.
It has been a pleasure meeting you in NYC during the ASIS dinner last month, where I had the privilege to share with you some important thoughts regarding our common interests: protection of lifes and assets!
I really appreciated your professional approach and I am sure this Blog is a valuable resource to be kept in mind going forward.
It would be great to open new discussions and I would like to suggest to evaluate an important topic: the security convergence between physical and logical countermeasures.
Please let me know your thoughts and many thanks in advance.
Sincerely and respectfully.
Michele Pontrelli, CPP, CFE
there workers for even considering spending one nickel more of material than what at bare minimum is needed . Bosch Home Alarm Systems
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