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Posts Tagged ‘reactor’
Pollution, Mar 27th, 2012,
Of Japan’s 54 nuclear power reactors, only one is currently operating, following the shutdown of a Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor by Tokyo Electric Power Co. The remaining nuclear reactor still in operation is expected to be taken offline in early May. Japan’s about face turn from nuclear power of course follows the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in March 2011, which saw Level 7 Nuclear Events at three of its reactors. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami that caused the meltdowns at Fukushima are not the only earthquake-related nuclear power troubles that Japan has faced. The recently shut down plant…
Tags: earthquake, Fukushima, japan, nuclear power, reactor, tsunami
Nature, Weird Stuff, Jul 1st, 2011,
Are the jellyfish really taking over? They’re outcompeting “real” fish and multiplying in enormous “blooms” as oceans warm from the effects of climate change. In fact, jellyfish may be the only species worth fishing in European waters by 2048 if trends in overfishing are allowed to continue. But jellies are not content with that. Now they’ve gone and shut down two reactors at a nuclear power station in Scotland. Too many jellyfish were been found in the seawater filters at Torness power station in East Lothian, Scotland on Tuesday; causing officials at the plant to shut down two reactors as…
Tags: EDF, jellies, jellyfish, nuclear, power plant, reactor, Scotland, shut down
Pollution, Science & Technology, Feb 28th, 2011,
25 years after the worst nuclear accident in history, hundreds of millions of euros are needed to encase Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine amid fears of another potentially disastrous radiation leak. European and Ukrainian officials are trying to drum up hundreds of millions of euros to complete the project of encasing the site in steel. According to the Independent, the EU has contributed around €500m so far, but another €740 is needed: In recent years, the structure has become extremely unstable, with experts warning that if it collapses, a catastrophic amount of radiation could be released into the atmosphere….
Tags: accident, chernobyl, disaster, Europe, nuclear, plant, reactor
