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Tom Carper: “A message from Fukushima is that 4 hours or sometimes eight is not sufficient.”

On the recordJune 15, 2011
A message from Fukushima is that 4 hours or sometimes eight is not sufficient.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Carper highlights the inadequacy of current battery life standards post-Fukushima.

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