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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6/24/2011 | RPT-SPECIAL REPORT: Japan's 'throwaway' nuclear workers

Source: Reuters
Date: Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:43am BST
by: Kevin Krolicki and Chisa Fujioka

(Reuters) - A decade and a half before it blew apart in a hydrogen blast that punctuated the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant was the scene of an earlier safety crisis.
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6/24/2011 | Nuclear experts killed in Russia plane crash helped design Iran facility

Source: HAARETZ.com
Date: 11:33 23.06.11
by: Amir Oren

The five Russian scientists were among 44 killed earlier this week; no official investigation of foul play has been opened, though Iranian nuclear experts have in the past been involved in similar accidents.
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