Floating nuclear plants could ride out tsunamis
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - When an earthquake and tsunami struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant complex in 2011, neither the quake nor the inundation caused the ensuing contamination. Rather, it was the aftereffects - specifically, the lack of cooling for the reactor cores, due to a shutdown of all power at the station - that caused most of the harm. A new design for nuclear plants built on floating platforms, ... more

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