85% of the electricity generated by nuclear plants comes from facilities of a similar design as Fukushima

[link to enformable.com]

Today, some 85% of the electricity generated by nuclear plants comes from facilities of a similar design as Fukushima.

As renewed interest and demand began taking off over the past decade, firms eagerly peddled evolutionary designs they assumed utilities would buy.

Nuclear operators, meanwhile, squeezed new life out of old reactors through so-called "uprating" -- running plants longer and at higher power outputs than originally intended.