Below is from our rapid response team . Yesterday, regional anti-nuclear organizations asked federal nuclear energy regulators to launch an investigation into what it claims are “newly identified flaws” in Westinghouse’s advanced reactor design, the AP1000. During a teleconference releasing a report on the subject, participants urged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to suspend license reviews of proposed AP1000 reactors. In its news release, even the groups making these allegations provide conflicting information on its findings. In one instance, the groups cite “dozens of corrosion holes” at reactor vessels and in another says that eight holes have been documented. In all cases, there is another containment mechanism that would provide a barrier to radiation release. Below, we examine why these claims are unwarranted and why the AP1000 design certification process should continue as designated by the NRC. Myth: In the AP1000 reactor design, the gap between the shield bu...
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"Voters were asked to pick one of three 'lines'. But by this time all three 'lines' had formulated policies calling for the eventual phase-out of nuclear
power in Sweden: Line 1 after twenty-five years with completion of stations already on
order, Line 2 ditto with utilities nationalized, and Line 3 after ten years with no further
work on incomplete stations. The vote split 39 per cent for Line 2 and 38 per cent for
Line 3."
- Line 1 was was actually a yes vote. He didn't provide a translation, but that was how he remembered his vote.