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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Japan engineers knew tsunami could overrun plant
Via Reuters By Kevin Krolicki, Scott DiSavino and Taro Fuse TOKYO (Reuters) – Over the past two weeks, Japanese government officials and Tokyo Electric Power executives have repeatedly described the deadly combination of the most powerful quake in Japan’s history … Continue reading
Designs for Newest U.S. Nuclear Plants Aim to Balance Safety and Costs: Scientific American
Via Scientific American [The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan] boasted six boiling-water reactors built in the 1970s by General Electric, Toshiba and Hitachi, and capable of pumping out more than 4 gigawatts of electricity. It also proved incapable … Continue reading
Do not phase out nuclear power — yet : Nature News
Charles D. Ferguson: Do not phase out nuclear power — yet via Nature News. Contemporary plant designs — ‘generation III’ — have better safety features than the 1970s-era generation II designs for the Fukushima reactors, making them more expensive. Some, … Continue reading