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Japan to Set Nuclear Power Plants Lifespan to 40 Years

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:16:55 +0000

After last year’s March 11 events, the Japanese government wants to impose strict limitations to the lifespan of future nuclear power plants. Environment and Nuclear Crisis Minister Goshi Hosono said that the limit would be 40 years. Only in rare cases would this time be extended, and that would be done with rigorous security checks […]

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Fukushima Events Offer Bad Perspective on Nuclear Power: Dump It or Continue Making Technology Better?

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:18:47 +0000

I wanted to give people an insight to read these days about nuclear power, how clean it is if it works properly and how dirty and "sinful" it is when things like an earthquake and a tsunami both hit the respective power plants at the same time.

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