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The June 5 Blackout And Someone's Nuclear Imaginings
Fukushima taught the world an important lesson. Complex systems fail not merely because of a single event, but because multiple events can overwhelm assumptions embedded within a design.
Even if a Jamaican SMR survived a major hurricane intact, the transmission and distribution infrastructure connecting it to consumers might not.
A generating plant, however sophisticated, serves little purpose if the lines carrying its electricity are down.
The Jun 5 blackout was a signal,

A-QuEST (Minott)
Jun 155 min read
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