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Unwise for Japan to restart its nuclear reactors

Should Japan Restart Its Nuclear Reactors? TruthOut , 29 August 2014 10:51By Arnie Gundersen, The Mark News | Op-Ed Only luck and real courage at 14 nuclear reactors on Japan’s Pacific coast overcame the technical failures of nuclear power and prevented the nation from being destroyed by radiation.

The untold story of March 11, 2011 is how close Japan came to three more spent fuel pool fires at Fukushima Daiichi and four meltdowns at Fukushima Daini.

When the magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the Pacific coast caused a seismic shock wave that reverberated throughout northern Japan, the country’s nuclear plants shut down automatically, as planned, preventing any further nuclear chain reactions.

Therein lies nuclear power’s fatal flaw, because an automatic shutdown does not stop the ongoing heat generated inside each nuclear reactor……..http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/25882-should-japan-restart-its-nuclear-reactors

September 1, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general