{"65076":{"#nid":"65076","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Glenn E. Sjoden discusses \u0022Why nuclear power is a necessity\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nGlenn E. Sjoden discusses with CNN International, \u0022Why nuclear power is a necessity\u0022.  Professor Sjoden is a professor of nuclear and radiological engineering at Georgia Tech\u0027s George W. Woodruff \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/sjoden.shtml\u0022\u003ESchool of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, and is also affiliated with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cistp.gatech.edu\/programs\/nuclear-nonproliferation\/\u0022\u003ECISTP\u0027s Nuclear Nonproliferation Program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt from article...\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E(CNN) -- We are all deeply saddened by the news of the terrible devastation, destruction and death that occurred in Japan on March 12 from the incredible destruction brought on by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami. As if this were not enough, on the heels of these two events, several large nuclear power plants are in severe peril.\n\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe dire events unfolding stem from a station blackout at the 40-year-old Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima initiated because of a tsunami-related failure of a number of redundant backup safety generators to power auxiliary cooling systems.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhile the nuclear fission reactions liberating heat for power generation were stopped immediately from a reactor \u0022SCRAM,\u0022 many of the products of fissioning uranium-235 atoms are nuclides that are radioactive (radioisotopes) and they undergo nuclear decay typically in a chain of progeny that emit radiation that ends up as heat.\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E**Read entire article on \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2011\/OPINION\/03\/16\/sjoden.nuclear.japan\/?hpt=Sbin#\u0022\u003ECNN International\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGlenn E. Sjoden discusses with CNN International, \u0022Why nuclear power is a necessity\u0022.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Write-up with CNN International"}],"uid":"27184","created_gmt":"2011-03-22 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:26","author":"Jene Gladstone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-03-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65077":{"id":"65077","type":"image","title":"Why nuclear power is a necessity...","body":null,"created":"1449176783","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:23","changed":"1475894574","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:54","alt":"Why nuclear power is a necessity...","file":{"fid":"192156","name":"twd26428.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/twd26428_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/twd26428_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":16708,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/twd26428_0.jpg?itok=K_0ZrxfE"}}},"media_ids":["65077"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2011\/OPINION\/03\/16\/sjoden.nuclear.japan\/?hpt=Sbin","title":"Entire article on CNN International"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"147","name":"Military Technology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"795","name":"CISTP"},{"id":"12443","name":"Glenn E. Sjoden"},{"id":"12442","name":"Why nuclear power is a necessity"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAngela Levin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECISTP\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=al101\u0022\u003EContact Angela Levin\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-3199\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Angela.Levin@inta.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}