NRC panel: new reactor can withstand plane crash
- Associated Press
ATLANTA -- A new nuclear reactor from the Westinghouse Electric Co. could safely withstand getting struck by a large commercial airliner, a federal advisory panel said Thursday.
The finding by the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards means regulators could decide this year whether to give final approval to the company's AP1000 reactor, which utility companies have picked to power new plants in the Southeast.
The finding by the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards means regulators could decide this year whether to give final approval to the company's AP1000 reactor, which utility companies have picked to power new plants in the Southeast.
Read more: http://www.thesunnews.com/2011/01/20/1933368/nrc-panel-new-reactor-can-withstand.html#ixzz1BgmuuCWC
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