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Sorin Adam Matei

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Tag: Nuclear reactor technology

How close is your home to a nuclear plant? What is the weighted risk of an earthquake nuclear accident in the United States?

As the situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant becomes darker by the day (see Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Update) and the risk of a major meltdown increases, people all over the world ask themselves how great is the danger of a major…

Will the Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster give pebble reactors a second lease on life?

As the reactor failure at the Fukushima Plant in the aftermath of the Sendai earthquake increases public apprehension of nuclear technology, the future of this type of energy production might not be as bleak as it looks. There is one design that…