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In the most serious known injuries due to radiation at Fukushima, three workers who suffered radiation burns inside the turbine building beside Reactor No. 3, are now reported to have been standing in water that tested 3.9 becquerels of radioactivity per cubic centimeter a figure that is 10, 000 times higher that what is normally found inside a functioning nuclear power vessel.
FORBES: Japan's Government Expands Danger Zone; Unit 3 Breach 'Likely'
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Though the crew might have been able to restore power to the vessel by firing up the generators in the ship's other engine room, Cuty said the ship's engineers made the right call in not doing so.
CNN: Cruise ship investigation under way
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The bright yellow dome of the steel containment vessel at Unit 4, Fukushima Daiishi nuclear power plant (FDI) is clearly visible amid the pulverized remains of the building in a new video released by the Tokyo Electric Power Company.
FORBES: New Video From Fukushima Shows Containment Vessel Dome Amid Debris
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"Really, the safe thing to do was to tow the vessel back into port rather than re-energize the power system that was damaged by fire, " he said.
CNN: Cruise ship investigation under way
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Considered an entirely new class of vessel, it would rely on superconducting machinery for propulsion and power generation.
ECONOMIST: MONITOR
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But the electrically neutral neutrons escape to the walls of the vessel where the energy they carry can be used to generate power.
ECONOMIST: Nuclear fusion
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The ship's power is set to come from solar, wind and wave power with biofuel in case nature doesn't cooperate -- when the vessel isn't adrift via ocean currents.
ENGADGET: SeaOrbiter to begin construction by year's end, project price tag clocks in at $52.7 million
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The vessel, heading for the Caribbean, had lost its sails and engine power.
BBC: Lifeboat (gen)
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It takes five generators with one on backup to power the ship, and 80 percent of that energy is needed to simply push the massive vessel through the water, Herring said.
NPR: Carnival Cancels 12 More Cruises On Troubled Ship
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The news comes after the Carnival Dream became a nightmare for some passengers Wednesday when power went off, some toilets stopped working and no one was allowed to get off the vessel -- despite the fact that the ship was docked at Philipsburg, St.
CNN: Carnival cruise has problems, again