Nuclear Reactor Design Chosen - Not Because It Was Safe - But Because It Worked On Navy Submarines

Source: Washington's Blog
Date: Monday, June 20, 2011

Virtually all of the nuclear reactors in the U.S. are of the same archaic design as those at Fukushima (Indeed, MSNBC notes that there are 23 U.S. reactors which are more or less identical to those at Fukushima.)

Called "light-water reactors", this design was not chosen for safety reasons. Rather, it was chosen because it worked in Navy submarines.
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