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Recent news reports have focused on how the emergency venting system at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan responded to the massive earthquake and tsunami in March. The reports also pose questions about the performance of U.S. plants with a similar venting system. Here is an update from [...]

A new report has just been developed on the Mark I containment design that is in use at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. It also explores U.S. and regulatory actions that made the design safer over the past several decades, noting “the Mark I pressure suppression containment is a [...]

The New York Times published an online story last night and an accompanying graphic about the Mark I boiling water reactor (BWR) containment system used in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The story contains errors and distorts the facts about the technology with misleading comparisons of the BWR design [...]

Recently, several news stories have reported that the design of the Mark I containment system in the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant has a history of problems. As the speculation contained in these stories has been picked up by a number of other media outlets and political [...]

Update: April 6, 2011: GE continues to monitor and respond to events in Japan following the unprecedented natural disasters and the events at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant. Working with our partner, Hitachi, we’ve engaged more than 1,000 current and retired nuclear engineers to provide technical assistance to Tokyo Electric [...]

While events are still unfolding on the ground at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant, GE continues to provide technical assistance to TEPCO through our joint venture partners in Japan and to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which is in turn providing assistance to the Japanese government. There are [...]

Update: April 6, 2011: We’ve added new details about GE’s disaster relief efforts following a visit to Japan by GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt.
Update: March 18, 2011: Read “Setting the Record Straight on Mark I Containment” about the performance of the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power [...]