[time-nuts] Man killed in quartz crystal accident

[Tom Knox]

This quartz crystal accident is a canary in the coal mine that demonstrates how poor safety and regulations often work in the real world.  What I feel is a bigger concern is the similar risks we have with our aging Nuclear reactors. Many are over twenty-five years past their intended life.
The problem is today they are paid for, and the government insures them, so they are very profitable. The question is do any of the safety officials and inspectors really have the authority to close them when they become inherently unsafe? I don't think so. I think they will run until one catastrophically fails. I think government oversight is far to often an illusion.

Thomas Knox



> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:51:49 -0500
> From: nerd at verizon.net
> To: time-nuts at febo.com
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Man killed in quartz crystal accident
> 
> I oncecancelled my purchase of a home when I found a sign nearby indicating an 
> underground high pressure gas transmission line. These days they're probably 
> removing the signs.
> 
> Let's hope the government doesn't decide that precise timekeeping is of 
> strategic value and not permitted amongst ordinary people.
> 
> 
> On 11/25/2013 11:49 PM, Joe Leikhim wrote:
> > If you really want to lose sleep, think about those old rusty 24 inch gas 
> > mains running under your neighborhood like in San Bruno California. The 
> > warning signs were present there as well.
> >
> > Now thanks to Homeland Security you can't find accurate gas transmission maps 
> > on-line unless you are cleared. So if you are buying a house in a particular 
> > neighborhood, do some walking around looking for signs of buried facilities.
> >
> 
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