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Nuclear waste will harm future generations for a million years without underground storage

Posted on November 1, 2023 by

Preface. This is a book review of “Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste” and the best book I’ve read on the topic, as well as additional research on the topic. Now that world wide production of … Continue reading →

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Boston Globe: the false promise of nuclear power

Posted on December 20, 2019 by

Last Updated August 2021. Preface. This article raises many objections to nuclear power. Theoretically it could be cheaper, but the exact opposite has happened, it keeps getting more expensive. For example the only new reactors being built in the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Climate change risks could cause an American “Fukushima”

Posted on August 10, 2019 by

Preface. Nuclear power plants need a constant supply of electric power to pump cool water into a reactor’s core. Ninety percent of them, 54 plants, have at least one flood risk exceeding their design. If flooding stops the power supply … Continue reading →

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The Devil’s Scenario – near miss at Fukushima is a warning for U.S.

Posted on March 9, 2017 by

[ The most likely event to trigger a loss of power long enough to cause a spent fuel pool zirconium fire meltdown and release of radioactive particles into the atmosphere is a nuclear or natural geomagnetic storm electromagnetic pulse (see … Continue reading →

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