May 21, 2013
The Seabrook nuclear plant in New Hampshire is located near the Atlantic Ocean. Large pipes extend offshore to draw in seawater to cool plant equipment. Because an earthquake might damage this piping, the plant has a cooling tower onsite near the Unit 1 containment building. Read More
May 14, 2013
When something happens at a U.S. nuclear power reactor like an unplanned shut down or problem that prevents operation at full power, it can be helpful to place that incident in context. One means of providing that context is to examine that reactors’ operating performance. Read More
May 9, 2013
China’s recent defense white paper did not include a reiteration of the nation’s traditional commitment to never use nuclear weapons first. The omission was not a signal that China abandoned no first use, despite U.S. speculation to the contrary. Read More
May 8, 2013
In the current political era, it should come as no shock when elected officials say one thing and do another. Even so, it is hard not to be astonished at the recent behavior of South Carolina Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott. Read More
May 7, 2013
For the first time in a long while, nuclear power plants are being built in the United States (Watts Bar Unit 2 really doesn’t count because it was “under construction” when I was in college back in the disco daze of the late 1970s). Read More
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