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...Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Corporation yesterday elected Paul E. Gray, MIT's chancellor since 1971, as the MIT's 14th president...
...cooling system, such a problem at Harrisburg, is not so crucial at MIT because the reactor there never gets that...
...fact, the core's products are cool enough to generate steam safely. Thomas Jones, MIT vice president for research, said yesterday the reactor body fills with hot but not scalding water. "The energy at that temperature isn't very useful, but it's very safe," he said. "In fact, if people had been energy-conscious then as they are now, we could have used the energy to heat these buildings...
When too many of these fuel rods pile up, though, they are moved to racks in a deep swimming pool for storage until MIT ships them to Barnwell, S.C., every year or so. The rods must be kept a certain distance apart to avoid a critical mass, which could set off a nuclear reaction. Reactor officials face a new problem since dump sites like Barnwell are increasingly hard to find...
...Cambridge referendum if passed on the November ballot would request the state and federal governments not to license the construction or operation of any new nuclear power plants. But for now the anti-nuke furor hasn't reached MIT...