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Under Revised Quake Estimates, Dozens of Nuclear Reactors Face Problems

Posted by timothy on from the inspector-gadget-robot-arms dept.

mdsolar (1045926) writes "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 licensing documents, but owners of some plants may be forced to make physical changes, and are likely to spend about $5 million each just for the analysis."

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  4. Re:Must question the "revised" estimates by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    But fire does not make areas permanently uninhabitable