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Peach Bottom Nuclear: Reevaluating the Danger
By Garry Lenton at February 22, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
Imagine, if you will, the unimaginable – a freak earthquake hits south central Pennsylvania and knocks out all electricity to the Peach Bottom nuclear station in York County. Even the backup generators are lost. Control room operators, unable to shut the plants reactors down, are powerless to prevent a meltdown. The scenario is nearly identical […]
[...read more]Low-level rad waste: Nuclear’s other disposal challenge
By Garry Lenton at September 28, 2011 | 10:25 am | 98 Comments
When the Limerick nuclear power station near Philadelphia ran out of space to store some of its radioactive waste earlier this year, owner Exelon Nuclear asked the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for permission to send it down the Pennsylvania Turnpike to its sister plant, Peach Bottom, in York County. The NRC said, “yes.” This was […]
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