Friday
Aug262011
Nuclear Power Gone Wrong 101: Lochbaum & Gundersen on what happened at Fukushima, and how it could happen here
In a video entitled "Why Fukushima Can Happen Here: What the NRC and Nuclear Industry Don't Want You to Know" posted at the Fairewinds Associates website, nuclear engineers Dave Lochbaum of Union of Concerned Scientists and Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds explain what went wrong at Fukushima Daiichi, then show how similar catastrophes can happen right here in the U.S., not only in General Electric boiling water reactors of the Mark 1 containment design, but in any atomic reactor. The event, sponsored by C-10 and other environmental groups, took place in June 2011 at the Boston Public Library.