"Amid widening alarm in the United States and elsewhere about Japan’s nuclear crisis, military fire trucks began spraying cooling water on spent fuel rods at the country’s stricken nuclear power station on Thursday, but later suspended the operation, the NHK broadcaster said."
"Environmental regulators proposed rules on Wednesday that would force aging coal-fired power plants to choose between installing costly anti-pollution technology or shutting, which could ensure reliance nuclear power and natural gas."
"The United States showed increasing alarm about Japan's nuclear crisis on Wednesday and urged its citizens to stay clear of an earthquake-crippled power plant, going further in its warnings than Japan itself."
"The United States showed increasing alarm about Japan's nuclear crisis on Wednesday and urged its citizens to stay clear of an earthquake-crippled power plant, going further in its warnings than Japan itself."
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"The international nuclear watchdog warned Japan in 2008 that powerful earthquakes could be too strong for their nuclear reactors, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks Tuesday night."
The aging fleet of US nuclear power reactors have some technological similarities to the reactors failing in Japan. Could similar loss-of-cooling events happen at some US reactors — whether caused by earthquake, tsunami, terrorist attack, electrical outage, flooding, equipment failure, or some other problem?
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[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world/asia/18nuclear.html
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-proposes-air-rules-may-hit-coal-fired-power
[4] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/61516
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-breaks-japan-over-power-plant-warnings-print-sharethis-forward
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[7] https://www.sej.org/state-dept-encourages-americans-leave-japan
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[9] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/upcoming-decisions-us-nuclear-program
[10] https://www.sej.org/calendar/biocycle-global-2011
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wikileaks-iaea-warned-japan-nuke-plants-couldnt-handle-quakes
[12] http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/16/iaea-warned-japan-that-quakes-could-be-too-much-for-nuclear-facilities-leaked-cable-reveals/
[13] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/japan-meltdown-could-it-happen-here
[14] https://www.sej.org/calendar/information-session-ms-sustainability-management
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