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Nationwide there are 104 commercial nuclear power plants: 69 pressurized-water reactors and 35 boiling-water reactors like those at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in Japan.

NRC to review safety at U.S. nuclear plants 2011

It's one of the oldest nuclear reactors in Japan, a boiling-water unit made by General Electric, just a couple of weeks shy of 40 years old and close to retirement age.

Nuclear power industry watches warily as Japan's aging reactor is hit hard 2011

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it is sending boiling-water reactor experts to Japan and "we stand ready to assist in any way possible," said agency chairman Gregory Jaczko .

Plant Safety Systems Questioned From Failed Reactor Rebecca Smith 2011

The Fukushima plant, like other boiling-water reactors, is a maze of pipes for cooling water systems, motors, air-conditioning units and steam conduits, interspersed with electrical panels and instrument racks covered with gauges, buttons and knobs.

Japan nuke workers risk their lives, garner nation's respect 2011

Vermont Yankee's boiling-water reactor is the same model as those at Fukushima.

Suit Seeks to Save a Nuclear Plant Matt Day 2011

The boiling-water reactors—an older nuclear technology—are housed in six square buildings lining a stretch of coast in northeastern Japan, giving the plant access to seawater if needed and making possible transporting heavy equipment by ship.

Plant's Design, Safety Record Are Under Scrutiny Norihiko Shirouzu 2011

The NRC is also expected to complete this year a review of a new General Electric -Hitachi boiling-water reactor design, NRC spokesman Scott Burnell said.

New Reactors Clear Hurdle Amid Nuclear Review Naureen Malik 2011

Though they are based on a design decades older than the ones GE currently markets, all the endangered reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant are the boiling-water type, which the company still offers, and that may cause potential customers to raise questions about the technology.

GE Steps Up Reactor Aid Rebecca Smith 2011

Reuters A man studies a full-scale mockup of a reactor's control rod unit, the same model of boiling-water reactor as Tepco's crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, at a nuclear museum in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture.

Workers Re-Enter Reactor Building for the First Time Hiroyuki Kachi 2011

To help finance the reactors, NRG formed a joint venture with Toshiba, the supplier of the advanced boiling-water reactors chosen for the South Texas plant.

NRG Casts Doubt on Reactor Plans Rebecca Smith 2011