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Posts Tagged ‘safety’

  • Nuclear Safety Proven Again in Florida Outage

    Posted February 27th, 2008 at 10:53am in Energy and Environment 0

    A disturbance on Florida’s power grid caused two nuclear power reactors at the Turkey Point power station to undergo an unscheduled shut down today. Up to six other non-nuclear power plants were shut down as well. Despite the failure having nothing to do with any malfunctions at any of Florida’s nuclear power stations (it was [...] More

  • Facts, Safety, and Three Mile Island

    Posted February 25th, 2008 at 10:43am in Energy and Environment 3

    Despite 104 nuclear reactors safely providing 20 percent of America’s electricity, many Americans continue to fear nuclear power. Much of this anxiety results from myths surrounding the 1979 incident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power station. To help educate policy makers about the realities of nuclear power, The Heritage Foundation and [...] More