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Four University theologians yesterday discussed how Western theological traditions can serve the human race in an age when such threats as nuclear war and environmental decay fill many with despair...
Although the Prince had to leave about an hour before the discussion ended, he did talk about his special interest in areas such as Liverpool where residents have "created small villages among urban decay." Such a design allows for "villages showing the actual style and interest of the people who live there," Charles added...
...problems will become apparent." These haunted his dreams and letters: "For centuries, humanity has been descending an immense staircase whose top is hidden in the clouds and whose lowest steps are lost in a dark abyss. We could have ascended this staircase; instead we chose to descend it. Spiritual decay is terrible." The man who hurtled through the sky with the help of technology felt out of place in the 20th century ("I cannot stand this age"). He argued frequently that modern life had provided people with material comforts but no clear reason for continuing to live...
...Nuclear Regulatory Commission is already looking toward a new generation of safer reactors. Last week, after two years of study, it published a report that includes its first guidelines for advanced reactor designs. Though fairly general, calling for "highly reliable and less complex shutdown and decay heat removal systems" and for "designs that minimize the potential for severe accidents," the implication is specific. Says Commission Chairman Lando Zech: "We should always be focusing on safety...
...overheat, like a car with a broken radiator. The chain reaction promptly ceases because rising temperatures cause the fuel to expand, which increases the distances between individual atoms and makes it less likely that the neutrons emitted by one will hit the nucleus of another. But the spontaneous radioactive decay of nuclei goes on. The uncooled reactor core could eventually get hot enough to melt through its casing and the surrounding building, causing fires that loft radioactive material into the atmosphere. Under the worst circumstances, the core melts through the earth and in a "China Syndrome" reaches the underground water...