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Post-Fukushima, Arguments for Nuclear Safety Bog Down
2013-02-27 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Alarms sounded and lights flashed as control panel dials at a nuclear power plant in upstate New York warned that the power for safety equipment was failing. The room went dark until the emergency lights kicked in. But there was no reason to worry on this frozen winter morning. This was a simulation by Constellation Energy, the owner of the Nine Mile Point plant on Lake Ontario, for the benefit of two of the five members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It was part of an intense lobbying campaign...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical