Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Which nuclear plants in the US are at highest earthquake damage risk?

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(U.S. Geological Survey map based on 2008 data that shows earthquake damage risk in the United States. The highest risk areas are purple, red and orange.)





MSNBC's Bill Dedman publishes a list that shows the '10 nuclear power sites with the highest risk of suffering core damage from an earthquake, showing their NRC risk estimates based on 2008 and 1989 geological data.' Sites in NY, MA, TN, PA, CA, VA, SC, and FL are on the top of the list; which goes on to detail estimated risk at the 104 total nuclear power reactors located in the United States. Article includes many links to source data, and the list is available in this Excel spreadsheet.


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