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4000ac solar farm in Texas devastated by hailstorm (imgur.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Looks expensive. The grey ones are the broken ones.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Ah yes, fission power plants, famously vulnerable to average thunderstorms.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I so rarely get to reference this "so bad it's good" made-for-TV movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Twister

This television film was inspired by a real-life near disaster that had taken place on June 24. 1998, when an F2 tornado hit the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Ohio resulting in the loss of off-site power. Despite that, the film bears no resemblance to the actual events at Davis-Besse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I've seen that one! I vaguely remember not being blown away, but also thinking it wasn't as terrible as I was expecting going into it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

and famously resilient in the event of a bombing, or direct plane strike, or PWR depressurization.

Yeah no, they're built like fucking rocks, because they are one.