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MIT researchers find much of the damage inside nuclear reactors is so small that it has eluded previous tests. Their new tool provides a way to directly measure this damage, potentially opening a path for the safe operation of nuclear power plants far beyond their present licensed lifetimes. ....
Inside this power plant you see behind me, indian point, that the head of the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission took just today, in fact, just wrapped up a few hours ago. as the nrc continues to take a very close look at all u.s. nuclear power plants in the wake of the fukushima disaster. this is the steel pool for unit three, it houses all of the fuel that s been used at unit three. it went online in 1976. we re looking through about 25 feet of water at the top of the fuel assembly which is the bottom of the pool. this pool is built on bedrock, so they blast it down to the bedrock level, they pour in six feet of steel, reinforced concrete. around all four sides of the pool is another six feet of steel reinforced concrete. so it s an incredibly strong structure built to withstand incredible force. reporter: and what room is this? we re in the room that houses one of three backup diesel ....
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