http://fukushima.greenaction-j... This petition is from concerned Japanese citizens, who would appreciate an international show of support. Radiological Impact of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster On March 11th, Japan was struck by a … [Read more...]
The half-life of nuclear memory
Here in the Boston area we sit in the geographic center of two aging nuclear plants and there's a third just over the border in Western Mass. The Pilgrim Nuclear plant and VT Yankee have the same General Electric Mark 1 reactor as the … [Read more...]
Seesaw Coverage of Nuclear Power
Wald: First visited a nuke in 1979 at CT Yankee. An alternative press reporter was indignant she didn't get to enter the reactor vessel. General interest reporters don't usually understand mechanical things or complex … [Read more...]
Putting Nuclear Power in SOME perspective
The thing that most impressed me about the nuclear power plants was that everything on site is massive. Inside each reactor building (the dome at Seabrook and MY, the "box" at VY), there is/was a crane capable of lifting the reactor core … [Read more...]