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Under Revised Quake Estimates, Dozens Nuclear Reactors Face Costly Safety Analyses
2014-04-07 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Owners of at least two dozen nuclear reactors across the United States, including the operator of Indian Point 2, in Buchanan, N.Y., have told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that they cannot show that their reactors would withstand the most severe earthquake that revised estimates say they might face, according to industry experts. As a result, the reactors owners will be required to undertake extensive analyses of their structures and components. Those are generally sturdier than assumed in...
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