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Thursday, February 21, 2013

A Strategy to Prevent the Next Fukushima

A Strategy to Prevent the Next Fukushima

Matt Wald, New York Times
Among the most striking elements of the catastrophe at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors in Japan were the hydrogen explosions that destroyed the upper parts of some of the reactor buildings. The hydrogen was released by a metal called zirconium in the overheated core. . .http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/a-strategy-to-prevent-the-next-fukushima/

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