Comments:Three Massachusetts workers dead after water pipe explosion at power plant

What was the cause of explotion?

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So, is anything known about the possible cause of this event?

At this time, they're investigating, my dad however believes it was steel fatigue, as he himself at one time worked with boilers (still has his fireman's license) and that it also possibly neglect on part the of the management, but then again my father also believes that Oswald didn't act alone. --TUFKAAP 16:05, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

material failure of boiler tube

this is an example of Engineers and managers ignoring the industry potential problems and doing nothing about it. the plant management is particularly responsible because they have to utlimate responsibility to insure the safety and health of the public in these plants. there are many industry accepted methods of Non destructive examination that can provide a very reaonable idea of the potential for cracking and the propagation of existing flaws into longer cracks that can become throuh wall.

second  is that the material in these old plants preamtrurely fail due creep damage or creep rupture properties being on the low end of the scale.

the article does not talk about the other factors ie errossion / corrosion of the inside wall thickness of the pipe / tube. this is also and area that the industry knows so much about today and with the advances in technology today there is no excuse for this to happen. you can contact me back at weldtech@qwest.net thank you for your time —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.164.206.82 (talk) 04:02, 11 March 2008 (UTC)