The reactors causing all the problems in Japan were made by G.E. In 1975 three engineers with G.E., who were reviewing the Mark 1 reactors, ended up resigning. Their reason? The Mark 1’s containment design in the even of a loss of cooling was so flawed that it would lead to disaster. Sound familiar? It […]
With the world waiting to see if any of the four nuclear reactors go into meltdown phase, the right is using this as a reason to stress the importance and safety of nuclear energy. Over at Right Wing News, we see this: Obviously, as one cruises around the Liberal-o-sphere, this means that all nuclear power […]
We hear about it all the time, but there’s a problem. When you have a drought going on then you don’t have the water to cool the reactors. The solution? Shut them down: Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying […]