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Alert to Congress: Nuclear evacuation may bog down
2013-04-11 15:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Regulators and congressional investigators clashed Wednesday over a new report warning that in the event of an accident at a nuclear plant, panicking residents from outside the official evacuation zone might jam the roads and prevent others from escaping. The report by the Government Accountability Office, which acts as the investigative arm of Congress, challenges a three-decade-old fundamental of emergency planning around American nuclear power plants: that preparations for evacuation should...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical