The design flaws in the Fukushima reactors were noted by the reactor designer Alvin Weinberg, which lead to his sacking in 1973. It looks like vested interests have concealed these shortcomings, despite cooling problems leading to the problems at Three Mile Island. The outcomes of this event will totally reshape the whole nuclear industry.
Japan
I suspect the “failures” of the Japanese nuclear reactors after the March 2011 earthquake will present less of a health problem than the media is reporting (see postscript at the end – I could be wrong) In normal operations, a nuclear power station is likely to produce a much smaller […]