The warnings were stark and issued repeatedly as far back as 1972: If the cooling systems ever failed at a Mark 1 nuclear reactor, the primary containment vessel surrounding the reactor would probably ...
An investigation is underway into the internal conditions of the primary containment vessel of the reactor at unit 1 at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Company ...
Any SPCC-regulated site or facility is obligated by EPA regulation to have robust enough secondary containment that any oil spilled from primary containment will not be able to reach navigable water.