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Old 21-03-2011, 11:50 PM
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Deconstructing a Controversial Design - New York Times graphic

The New York Times has another interactive graphic and related article entitled
"Deconstructing a Controversial Design".

Quote:
Originally Posted by New York Times
A leading question about the Fukushima Daiichi plant: Why was the spent fuel pool placed on a high platform, making it difficult to replace cooling water in an emergency? It started with the selection of reactor type.
The graphics and article attempts to explain the series of design decisions that went
into the Mark 1 Boiling Water Reactor that lead to the spent fuel rod pools being positioned at the top.

Step by step interactive graphic -
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/bu...1&ref=business
Related article -
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/we...ew/20wald.html

Track the reactor status here -
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...rs-status.html
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