Tag Archives: LOCA

Nuclear Decisions 4 – What does it all mean?

Posted on 2011/05/15 by LastTechAge

The world is in the middle of a crisis concerning nuclear energy.  Fukushima, reprocessing breaches, loss of coolant, fuel melts, release of radioactives into the environment – a host of nuclear hobgoblins beat about our heads, screech our ears. Are … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Decisions 3 – Spent Fuel

Posted on 2011/05/08 by LastTechAge

Can nuclear reactor waste and spent fuel  from nuclear power plants be rendered harmless to the Earth environment? The first post in this sequence, Decisions-1, brought up the two top-most safety issues that are associated with nuclear reactors,  (1) loss … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Decisions 2 – The LOCA issue

Posted on 2011/04/20 by LastTechAge

Why are nuclear reactors not invulnerable to loss of coolant accidents? A previous post, Decisions-1, asked whether or not the power industry anywhere should use the nuclear option to generate power, thus freeing that country from coal or petroleum dependency. … Continue reading →

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Fukushima and Reactor Decisions 1

Posted on 2011/04/08 by LastTechAge

Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi reactor complex has been headline news since the earthquake and tsunami led to a partial melt of the enriched uranium fuel in at least one of its reactors. How we humans have used energy generation technology is … Continue reading →

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