Nuclear Complexes Could Save Billions by Shopping at Hardware Store Instead of Building New Facilities

March 3rd, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Noel Brinkerhoff
All Gov
March 2, 2012

Following on a congressman’s recommendation for trimming a hundred billion dollars in federal nuclear repairs, a watchdog organization has offered up its own suggestions for ways to keep Washington from spending $7.5 billion for new facilities.

Representative Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) has introduced legislation, the Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures, which would reduce spending on federal nuclear facilities by $100 billion over 10 years. Markey’s bill would eliminate all funding for two new nuclear bomb production facilities supported by the Obama administration, the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and the Uranium Processing Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance says the government likely doesn’t need to build new facilities and could save money by repairing existing ones. Some upgrades needed at Oak Ridge could even be done by purchasing basic electric or plumbing supplies found at Home Depot or other hardware stores. This assessment was based on photographs of Oak Ridge’s Building 9212 that showed old switch boxes, control center cabinets, air conditioning units, electrical panels and valves and pipes in need of repair or replacing.

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5 Responses to “Nuclear Complexes Could Save Billions by Shopping at Hardware Store Instead of Building New Facilities”

Yeah, I learned the hard way buying import pipe/fittings from (China). The only place I used threaded pipe in a home was for low pressure natural gas (water heater, furnace, and HVAC) and it had to be pressure tested to pass inspection. After several failures related to both incomplete seams on lengths of pipe, and within the casting on fittings (porous in some cases, pinholes in others) I switched supplier to a dedicated plumbing supply (not Home Depot) that guaranteed domestic supply. Cost was about 40% more but worth not having to tear-out and discard.
- Nonetheless, a failure in a non-critical part could potentially affect critical systems. Living within the shadow of Oak Ridge, if they are going to do any work here, I’d sure hope it follows previously established standards.
  
  A leaking toilet shorting out power in a place never imagined has happened before…and the outcome was shitty.
If every house had solar panels on their roofs…wait…what am I thinking?
There’s no monopoly in free.
@speed6 I’m sure they were talking about basic Repair Of the building and materials that don’t need to be Nuclear grade
I haven’t read their full report, but for some safety-related nuclear systems you can’t just run down to Lowes and buy a replacement. Safety related components for nuclear plants (and I assume safety systems in bomb factories) must be nuclear grade. They must be dedicated for nuclear use or, in some cases (REALLY important systems) they have to undergo vibration and heat/steam exposure testing. Also, if a pipe or valve will have radioactive process fluid flowing through it all parts touching the fluid must be free from impurities (lead, bismuth, etc.) and sometimes materials that retain radiation (aluminum, cobalt). Ensuring this requires special processing and a pretty elaborate paper trail. Both of these things cost money…lots of money. Pressurized parts require even more special testing, design and processing…which means even more money.