Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Pennsylvania: Nuclear Risk Zone?

Uh oh.... three of the top ten, really?

Pennsylvania has three of the top ten most susceptible nuclear power plants to failure in the even of an earthquake, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Limerick, 21 miles northwest of Philadelphia, Beaver Valley, just west of Pittsburgh, and Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, are 3rd, 5th, and 10th on the list. Beaver Valley's odds of failure are 1 in 20,833. Limerick's are 1 in 18,868. Three Mile Island's are 1 in 25,000. In other words, the odds are in our favor. Indian Point, 24 miles north of New York City, on the Hudson, is first, with a 1 in 10,000 chance.

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