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...study, "Safety Assessment for Space Reactors," included a discussion of what would happen if a one-megawatt thermal nuclear reactor was to reenter the atmosphere immediately after 10 years of continuous output. The report read: "although not specifically calculated, the number of fatalities for reentry at time of shutdown or during operation would be 30,000-50,000." Translated from military-industrial- speak, this means that if the worst case scenario occurs, 30-50,000 people would be killed worldwide...
...report estimated that if the satellite fell back to earth five years after shutdown, 442 people would die. The satellite the U.S. is actually designing is almost twice as radioactive as the one discussed in the report...
...other city results, Cambridge voters supported Questions 4, which called for the shutdown of Massachusetts' two nuclear power plants. City voters did not pass Questions 1, 2 and 3, however...
...Today, however, on a bright fall afternoon, past worries are forgotten. After a four-month plant shutdown, the new computer that will automate operations is in place, and the shaft will soon start to turn again. A few last-minute tasks remain. Engineers bend over diagrams of the wiring circuits as they test connections in the mazes of wires that fill the control cabinets. The start-up countdown begins in earnest. Engineers watch the gauges as the needles begin to move. An exacting series of 14 conditions must be met before the computer will allow operation to start. When...
...resolution also stated that the cost of compensating the plants' owners for the "arbitrary" shutdown would be too heavy a burden on state taxpayers. The Massachusetts Taxpayers' Foundation, an organization devoted to cutting state taxes, has estimated that the compensation cost could range from $1.3 billion to $3 billion...