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2023-01-25 India-Pakistan

Nuclear Pakistan's Power Grid Collapses, Leaving 200+ Million Without Electricity

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 That’s like 2/3 of the US with no power. Should be an opportunity to learn how to do a black start on a massive scale. What to do - what not to do. Hopefully their nuclear power plants will have adequate backup power to maintain their cooling systems intact until the grid restores power to them.

Posted by Slenter Panda4300 2023-01-25 07:17|| 2023-01-25 07:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Hopefully the nexus site of the cascading failure has been identified, for a future strike.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-25 09:58|| 2023-01-25 09:58|| Front Page Top

#3 What the Paks need is solar and wind power (said with much sarc).

Posted by JohnQC 2023-01-25 12:12|| 2023-01-25 12:12|| Front Page Top

#4 ...have they tried more electric vehicles?

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-01-25 13:06|| 2023-01-25 13:06|| Front Page Top

#5 I used to call on engineers at WAPDA (Water and Power Development Authority) in the early’90’s. A hive of corruption and shiftless bureaucracy. I’m surprised this isn’t an annual event.

Posted by Remoteman 2023-01-25 14:11|| 2023-01-25 14:11|| Front Page Top

#6 That and inshallah maintenance, Remoteman.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2023-01-25 15:36|| 2023-01-25 15:36|| Front Page Top

#7 And I've met a few of those folks at conferences. Dunning-Kruger effect was strong with them.

You aren't wrong about their corporate culture, either.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2023-01-25 15:39|| 2023-01-25 15:39|| Front Page Top

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