Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Gerrit Kuehn on Tuesday July 17 2018 at 00:08:

GK>> So how well protected is the Borssele reactor against earthquakes?

MV> Against the type of earthquakes that happen in Groningen as a result
MV> of harvesting natural gas: very well, I'd say. The earthquakes in
MV> Groningen cause substantial damage to ordinary house that were never
MV> designed to resist anything more than a truck passing nearby.
MV> Substantial damage as in cracks in te walls and broken glass. No house
MV> has actually collapsed as of yet.

MV> The hull of the reactor in Borssele was designed to survive the impact
MV> of a direct hit by a large aircraft.

MV> But... you have a point in that we do not know what we have
MV> overlooked...

That, of course, is the problem. None of us have crystal balls to predict the
future, and God alone knows what _could_ happen tomorrow. But it's pointless to
concentrate on what _could_ happen if you can't even contemplate the event,
much less the consequences. We all live in a world of uncertainty, and that
will never change. All we can do is try to plan for things we can envision, and
hope for the best. Otherwise all we could do is commit collective suicide.
Then, at least, we _know_ what will happen.

But who wants _that_ kind of certainty?

Cheers, Bob

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