The combination of natural and man-made catastrophe in Japan brought to light some nuclear hotspots in the international community.
Even the defunct Bataan Nuclear Power Plant got some local media attention.
Elsewhere, here are the top 5 nuclear power plant locations based on total power output (tpo) as measured by its net total megawatt electric capacity (MWe).
MWe basically means the density of nuclear energy production (needless to say that the higher MWe, the more dangerous the fallout; read: Chernobyl was at a mere 1,000MWe):
Even the defunct Bataan Nuclear Power Plant got some local media attention.
Elsewhere, here are the top 5 nuclear power plant locations based on total power output (tpo) as measured by its net total megawatt electric capacity (MWe).
MWe basically means the density of nuclear energy production (needless to say that the higher MWe, the more dangerous the fallout; read: Chernobyl was at a mere 1,000MWe):
5. Nord, France, total power output (tpo) of 5,460 MWe
4. Zaporozhye, Ukraine, tpo of 5,700 MWe
3. Yeonggwang, South Korea, tpo of 5,875 MWe
2. Kashiwazaki and Kariwa, Japan, tpo of 7,965 MWe
and the number one spot goes to
1. Fukushima I and II, Japan with tpo of 8,814 MWe
The number 1 spot is actually two nuclear plants, only 7 miles apart. Fukushima I is the center of the nuclear crisis now facing Japan and the rest of the world. Fukushima II reportedly shutdown before sustaining critical damage when the massive earthquake struck.
Edu del Agua
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I am definite when Japan overcomes this nuclear crisis, they would be able to make nuclear power plants a notch or two safer than it was. Japan is known to almost always learn from their mistakes.
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