Strong quake and tsunami hits Japan

[ordnance11]

ordnance11 wrote:

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Assuming the pumps in the reactors are still in good working order and all they need is electricity, why not send a ship or ships to supply the power. If you want, send the Ronald Reagan offshore and anchor her (him?) and send an electrical cable toward the plants. You got two nuclear reactors in the ship and you can spare one easily for the power. Be one hell of a decontamination job afterwards, but it'll work as well as using a fire hose to fend off a mine (which means very well).

If raw power is not an issue, then likely voltage / current requirements
would be. Plus, you're talking about floating a (big) power cable
through at a couple of miles of ocean, not an easy task in the best of
times...
No need to float it. just drop into the seabed and lay
it out. That would be the safest way to do. you Don't have to worry
about strain relief at either end..well maybe at the ship end.
Voltage/current requirements? Heck, GE has a team of retired and current
engineers advising TEPCO. A few of them were probably navy nuclear
engineering weenies. They should be able to kludge together something
from existing stock. Doesn't have to be prefect. Just have to hold long
enough for TEPCO to bring a power line in.   
 
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