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USA safety worries – 23 nuclear plants same as Fukushima’s

concern centers on the 23 “Mark I” nuclear reactors in the United States, which are identical to the containment vessels used at Fukushima’s Daiichi nuclear power plant,

U.S. nuclear energy safety questioned Nuclear Power Daily, by Linyi Zhang, Medill  News ServiceWashington (UPI) Nov 1, 2012 The United States is headed toward a major nuclear disaster — one that could mirror what happened last year in Japan — unless the government more closely monitors aging power plants, safety advocates
and activists said.

“This is like the Titanic that is headed toward an iceberg,” said Paul
Gunter, the co-founder of the Clamshell Alliance anti-nuclear group
and a longtime activist.

Gunter’s concern centers on the 23 “Mark I” nuclear reactors in the United States, which are identical to the containment vessels used at Fukushima’s Daiichi nuclear power plant, where three reactors failed
and went into meltdown in 2011.

With more frequent extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy
predicted, whether the facilities, which dot the landscape from New
Jersey to Nebraska, could withstand a disaster as forceful as the
tsunami in Japan remains unclear…..
http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/US_nuclear_energy_safety_questioned_999.html

November 2, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general