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[quote:Southern OR:MV8xNTM3MTQ2XzI3NzU2MjA4XzdBOTRGQTE0] [quote:Anonymous Coward 1295673:MV8xNTM3MTQ2XzI3NzU2MjA0XzczMjJCNjNG] NRC panel approves Westinghouse AP1000 reactor design "I don't see what the rush is to certify (the AP1000) without thinking about whether certain design elements can be improved," said Edwin Lyman, senior scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a Cambridge, Mass.-based group that has opposed nuclear power development since the catastrophe in Japan. Lyman and environmentalist groups also have questioned the structural integrity of the containment building to shield the AP1000 reactor vessel. It would have 3-foot-thick, concrete walls reinforced with 13/4-inch-thick steel to protect it from natural disasters, such as earthquakes and tornadoes, and from the impact of a jetliner. An NRC staff report in August said that the AP1000 design would be able to withstand such events. Read more: NRC panel approves Westinghouse AP1000 reactor design - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_763241.html#ixzz1bUBREDax [/quote] They still aren't addressing the aspect of spent fuel. That shit has to be stored for way, way too long. [/quote]
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