MacroVoices #355 Mark Nelson: Understanding All Things Nuclear
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Nuclear Safety in Japan
The reactors that suffered the meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi were hit with an initiating event, an earthquake and tsunami. So there's Chernobyl, about three mile island. Three mile island was a meltdown that occurred to reactors that were as old as the ones that ended up melting down atushima Daiichi. That's actually quite important. The nuclear plant itself has focused on the nuclear plant itself where very few casualties have been seen. It's not proper to second guess those cleanup efforts.
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