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- Japan commits to power plants. // International Construction;Nov99, Vol. 38 Issue 11, p4
Reports on Japan's plans to continue building nuclear power plants in spite of a radiation spillage at a nuclear processing plant in Tokaimura.
- Study blames 'people-related problems' for TMI accident. // Physics Today;Feb80, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p89
Presents an update on the Three Mile Island accident which happened at the Pennsylvania nuclear power plant as of February 1, 1980. Results of the evaluation of the accident by the U.S. President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island; Factors that led to the accident; Details of the...
- THE ACCIDENT AT THREE MILE ISLAND. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Jan1980, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p24
An excerpt from the final report of the President's Commission on the Accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania is presented.
- Getting critical. Edwards, Rob // New Scientist;10/30/99, Vol. 164 Issue 2210, p20
Analyzes the factors contributory to nuclear disasters. Number of direct fatalities in nuclear accidents since 1945; Deaths from irradiation; decrease in frequency of incidents with increase in expertise; Miscalculation of critical mass of uranium and plutonium; Necessity of improving safety...
- A nuclear power advocate reflects on Chernobyl. Weinberg, Alvin M. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Aug/Sep1986, Vol. 42 Issue 7, p57
Reflects on the need for technical vigilance when dealing with nuclear fission. Possible increase of accidents related to increased number of nuclear reactors; Identification of nuclear reactor accidents that occurred; Description of the social costs of nuclear accidents; Arguments against...
- Bad timing. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;May1991, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p4
Reports on the nuclear reactor accident at the Mihama No. 2 power plant in Japan. Damage to the cooling system; Release of radioactive steam into the air and sea; Effect of the accident to Japan's plans to build several nuclear power plants; Embarrassment created by the accident to Kansai...
- Reliving History: April 9, 1979; Humanity's Nightmare. // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);4/4/2011, Vol. 157 Issue 13/14, p20
The article points out that the threat of a potential meltdown of nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan is similar to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 and the runaway nuclear accidents at Chernobyl, Ukraine and Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania.
- Interview: Najmedin Meshkati. // New Scientist;7/14/2007, Vol. 195 Issue 2612, p46
An interview with nuclear safety scientist Najmedin Meshkati is presented. When asked why he chose his field, he says the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant changed the focus of his studies. After visiting the site of the nuclear reactor disaster in Chernobyl, Russia, he said...
- After Japan. Wagman, David // Power Engineering;Apr2011, Vol. 115 Issue 4, p4
The author reflects on why the nuclear crisis in Japan should not end the nuclear power generation era. According to the author, the electromechanical systems such as pumps, valves and related controls, were the primary culprits in the nuclear reactor crisis in Japan. The author asserts that the...
