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A tale of two reactors: the different destinies of two almost-twin nuclear reactors provide a forecast of our country's energy prospects if we don't heed the futures they foreshadow.(ENERGY)(Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant and Millstone 1 Nuclear Reactor)
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A nuclear power plant is arguably the most extraordinary product of engineering and scientific know-how in the history of mankind. Once every 18 months or so, a truckload of metal is delivered to the nuclear plant. The metal is uranium, which has been processed to increase the proportion of the isotope known as Uranium-235. This fuel for the power plant is not dangerous and can be held in one's hands without risk. Only a few decades ago, its primary use was to impart an orange color to ceramics such as Fiestaware.
When the metal is put in a precise geometric formation along with other materials and surrounded by water, it becomes a ...
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