On 19/01/2020 15:28, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 14:50:11 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 19/01/2020 13:37, Chris Hogg wrote:

To power the UK for a day, just on electricity, in winter, takes about
24 hours at an average of 35Gw

= 840GWh

In terms of nuclear warheads, that is 722 kilotons. 50 Hiroshimas.


Would you rather live:

(a) near a nuclear power station that cannot explode, only melt down
inside a safe containment vessel?
(b) near a megaton explosion capable hydrogen store?

Note: a megaton explosion takes out about 100 sq km absolutely.

The explosive hazard of hydrogen is often advanced as a reason for not
going down that route,

People also seem to forget that petrol is dangerous stuff to handle and
yet we do that without a thought these days. At least if you "spill"
hydrogen it does not form ground dwelling puddle of highly flammable
vapour.

the Hindenburg disaster being often quoted.

ISTR a former NASA hydrogen specialist wrote a book on that:

https://eu.floridatoday.com/story/ne...igs/101153648/

I'd be much more worried by a massive Li-based battery nearby, than a
hydrogen storage facility.

:-)


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Cheers,

John.

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