Green: Reactor Containment Design Has Long Been Questioned

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 14:10 in Physics & Chemistry

The warnings were stark and issued repeatedly as far back as 1972: If the cooling systems ever failed at a Mark 1 nuclear reactor, the primary containment vessel surrounding the reactor would probably burst.

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