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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Potential Energy The Long Term Impact of Fukushima

Potential Energy

The Long Term Impact of Fukushima

Experts look ahead in a series of articles published today by the journal Nature.
Kevin Bullis 04/05/2011
The journal Nature is publishing several articles today looking at the long term impact of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima in Japan. They're all available to the public.
One news report considers what it will take to fully decommission the damaged plant, a process that could take more than a decade,
One looks at the impact of long-lived cesium-137
In another, an expert on radiation bemoans how little is known about the dangers of the sort of low-doses of radiation people in much of Japan are receiving
Finally, one report details some of the changes in nuclear design since Fukushima was built in the 1970s, changes that address key vulnerabilities that led to the disaster there,

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