With internet traffic growing exponentially, attacks on government and commercial computers by cyber terrorists and rogue states have escalated. Those wishing harm have espionage programs targeting the data systems used by the United States and allies. Drug traffickers and weapons dealers use the internet with encrypted communications. To counter these activities, the National Security Agency, an agency of the U.S. government, is building a fortified data center deep inside a mountain in Utah. This complex will house the world’s most sophisticated supercomputers dedicated to code breaking and data traffic analysis. Another site will eventually take delivery of the latest Cray supercomputer called Cascade to support the NSA’s need to crack codes faster to protect the nation and its allies.
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GE Hitachi BWR Reactor Fuel and ABWR Experience Presentation
GE Hitachi BWR Reactor Fuel and ABWR Experience Presentation from September 2008.
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Hitachi “High Safety” Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Design Overview
Hitachi presentation from 2007 on “High Safety” Boiling Water Reactors (BWR). Hitachi manufactured reactor four that is currently involved in the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. That reactor is a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR).
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GE Hitachi “Overcoming Barriers” to Nuclear Energy Presentation
A presentation given a little over a week before the 2011 Japanese Earthquake promoting nuclear power plant construction by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. GE and Hitachi both manufactured reactors which are now currently involved in the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. In 2007, the companies’ nuclear divisions merged to form GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy.