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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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Coal Mining Produces More Deaths Per TWh Than Nuclear, Study Says

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:10:36 +0000

Everybody's been talking lately about the threat that nuclear power poses to humans, that's a known fact. Another fact which few think of is the number of deaths coal mining produces, both direct and indirect, through the various diseases triggered by the fine carbon dust.

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