British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations strategy to play down the Fukushima nuclear accident just two days after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and before the extent of the radiation leak was known.
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Revealed: British government's plan to play down Fukushima
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UK regulator says reactor designs have unresolved safety issues
Thursday, November 11, 2010The UK nuclear regulator said Wednesday it expects both the Areva EPR and the Westinghouse AP1000 reactors to have unresolved safety issues when the generic design assessment, or GDA, program completes next year. In a quarterly progress report released Wednesday, the NII said it has potential open issues in 10 out of 18 topical areas on the Areva EPR design review and in 16 out of the 18 topical areas on the Westinghouse AP1000 design.
Designs for new UK nuclear reactors are unsafe, claims watchdog
Monday, November 30, 2009Major setback for energy plans as report finds flaws in US and French models
