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New Nuclear Reactor

NPR

Published February 28, 2001 at 9:00 PM PST

NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on a new type of nuclear reactor that may be an affordable and safe energy source. Pebble Bed Reactors may make melt-downs less likely, and nuclear waste safer to store.