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General Discussion Area / Re: Power station mass invasion
« on: 31 August 2009, 18:16:00 »Quote
Er no. They have sump heaters to keep the oil warm but they don't always start first time. The expectation is that power will be available for essential purposes within 40 seconds.QuoteI would agree Zulu,they should have the facts about babies in incubators etc explained to them, and then see if they still want to shut it down. I can remember this happening at Ballylumford Power station in the early 70,s.The grand old Duke of Ballymena marched his men to the top of that proverbial hill,but when he was told about the reality of what would happen,he marched them back down again.Have I missed something here? Surely even a NHS hospital has diesel generators on hot standby for power cuts?
Or is there more to this?
But I do do tend to agree that any minuscule minority group of activists who take it into their heads to invade a power station are perpetrating some form of civil disorder and should be severely dealt with. 8-)
Critical care, operating theatres & special care baby units should have UPS (battery) supplies to keep things running for 20 minutes or until the generators kick in.
Standing orders should be that no operations are started while relying on the generators because there is then no safety back up.
(half an hour before I sat in the dentists chair for one of the most uncomfortable fillings I can remember 
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