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Friday, March 9, 2012

Companies design safer reactors in response to Fukushima

Companies design safer reactors in response to Fukushima
Companies were working on safety enhancements in reactor designs before the Fukushima Daiichi incident and further design improvements have been made since, experts say. For example, Westinghouse's AP1000, which is being used for the Plant Vogtle expansion project and has been proposed for others, features passive safety systems that, if needed, use gravity instead of pumps to transport water to cool the reactor core. The Wall Street Journal

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