TOKYO -- Hitachi and General Electric will design a nuclear reactor that addresses safety issues that contributed to the 2011 accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant, Nikkei has learned.
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Hitachi and GE to develop safer reactor, learning from Fukushima
New model designed to cool nuclear fuel even during power outage
Kyushu Electric Power's Sendai nuclear station in Kagoshima prefecture. Hitachi and GE are designing a reactor that would improve the safety of the cooling and venting processes, as Japan hopes to develop next-generation nuclear facilities. © Reuters
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