The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 209, Issues 4-6National Geographic Society., 2006 - Geography |
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Though the risk is deemed minute , a renewed chain reaction could trigger another steam explosion , blowing open the sarcophagus , scattering chunks of fuel , and releasing tons of fine radioactive dust .
Though the risk is deemed minute , a renewed chain reaction could trigger another steam explosion , blowing open the sarcophagus , scattering chunks of fuel , and releasing tons of fine radioactive dust .
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Even industry advocates like Adrian Heymer of the Nuclear Energy Institute concede that won't happen : " Meeting future energy needs will require many types of fuels . Nuclear needs to be part of the mix .
Even industry advocates like Adrian Heymer of the Nuclear Energy Institute concede that won't happen : " Meeting future energy needs will require many types of fuels . Nuclear needs to be part of the mix .
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extra - hydrogen gas , which could be used as vehicle fuel . For now , however , the most ardent pro - nuke advocates can't argue with a worst - case scenario . A major release of radiation such as from Chernobyl in 1986 ; a terrorist ...
extra - hydrogen gas , which could be used as vehicle fuel . For now , however , the most ardent pro - nuke advocates can't argue with a worst - case scenario . A major release of radiation such as from Chernobyl in 1986 ; a terrorist ...
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Features | 12 |
FOSSILS | 14 |
Inside Chernobyl 32 Twenty years after a nuclear reactor exploded blanketing | 36 |
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