Making the Case for Nuclear Power in the United Sates

Public Interest Report
THE MAGAZINE FOR SCIENCE AND SECURITY

Summer 2012
Volume 65  No 1

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CONTENTS:
President's Message: 
Making the Case for Nuclear Power in the United States


RESEARCH REPORT:
Nuclear Power Safety: Lessons Learned from Three Mile Island and Fukushima Reactor Accidents
Of accidents that have involved nuclear-power reactors, all have ultimately delivered useful lessons about nuclear safety, reactor design, and radiation effects. This article describes some overlooked autonomous nuclear instrumentation that can be installed to independently measure reactor water levels and fissile fuel distribution- before, during, and after an accident. By Alexander DeVolpi, retired nuclear physicist, Argonne National Laboratory.