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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Navy to axe 'Fukushima type' nuclear reactors from submarines

Vanguard-classThe Royal Navy is to drop a dangerous type of reactor used in its existing nuclear submarines because it fails to meet modern safety standards, defence ministers have disclosed.

A safer type of reactor is expected to be used in the submarines that will replace the Trident fleet, as the existing design shares very similar features to the nuclear reactors involved in the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan.

Liam Fox, the defence secretary, told MPs there was a "very clear-cut" case to use the new type of reactor because it has "improved nuclear safety" and would give "a better safety outlook".

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2 comments:

  1. Prasad24/3/11 12:44

    Japan's earthquake is a big lesson for all over the world so we should forget to build Nuclear plants.

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  2. Atlanta Roofing25/3/11 07:45

    Workers returned to fix troubled reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex early Thursday, after it was confirmed that black smoke had stopped rising from the building housing Reactor No. 3.

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