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National Geographic: For a world that was on the brink of a major expansion in nuclear power, a key question raised by the Fukushima Daiichi crisis is this: Would brand-new reactors have fared better in the power outage that triggered dangerous overheating at one of Japan's oldest power plants?
The answer seems to be: Not necessarily.
The nuclear industry has developed reactors that rely on so-called "passive safety" systems that could address the turn of events that occurred in Japan--the loss of power to pump......
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Would a New Nuclear Plant Fare Better Than Fukushima?
Posted by National Geographic: Josie Garthwaite on March 23rd, 2011
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