Blackouts Leave Emergency Diesels as Tenuous Protection at Nuclear Plants On August 14th the largest electrical blackout in history caused sixteen nuclear plants to automatically shut down in the U.S. and Canada. Even when a reactor is off-line, large amounts of circulating water must cool the reactor core and large, …
Archives for August 2003
Design Flaw Creates 34% Chance of Core Damage at Nuclear Plants – News Release by NC WARN
NEWS RELEASE August 20, 2003 Contact: Jim Warren 919-416-5077 Chance of Nuclear Accident 34% at U.S. Plants Scientists show risk exists at NC plants and cite regulators’ negligence DURHAM, NC – “According to government reports, the odds that one of the nation’s nuclear power reactors will have a serious accident in …
6 Easy Ways to Cut Pollution and Reduce Energy Costs – NC WARN
In 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change put an end to the global warming debate by demonstrating that human-made greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for most, if not all, of the 1.1°F rise in the average global temperature last century and the rapidly increasing rate of warming. Because the production of electricity in fossil fuel-fired power plants accounts for 42% of our greenhouse gas emissions however, we have the power to reduce hazardous air pollution and minimize global warming – with simple, cost-effective energy saving strategies.