As recent events have shown in Japan, nuclear power plants are just as vulnerable to natural disasters as anything else. So here at Sunlight we were curious about the locations of domestic nuclear reactors. Using data from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Geological Survey, we generated the following map, which shows the location of the aforementioned reactors (there are 104 of them) vis-a-vis geological fault lines. We also included locations of significant historical earthquakes. Take a look and see if we might be vulnerable to a nuclear disaster if/when "the big one" hits, and click on the red dots to learn more about each nuclear power plant:
(Note: There's a lot of data to load, so give it a couple of minutes)
Germany planning to close all Nuke Plants: Why won’t Japan??
Germany to close all Nuclear Plants
Germany is speeding up plans to close all of its nuclear reactors as criticism over the government's nuclear plans has grown since the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in Japan.
Chancellor Angela Merkel invited the 16 German state premiers to the capital Berlin to discuss the country's energy policy, a Press TV correspondent in Berlin reported Friday.
"We plan to phase out our nuclear energy and go for renewable energy," Merkel said to the premiers.
Germany has shut down eight of its oldest nuclear reactors for a 90-day security assessment after the March 11 earthquake in Japan brought about the massive nuclear crisis in the Asian country.
Germany's upper house, dominated by the opposition Social Democrats, called for the immediate closure of the eight reactors.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/175040.html
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Nuclear power plants live along fault lines - Sunlight Foundation ...
Mar 15, 2011 ... Nuclear power plants live along fault lines ... So here at Sunlight we were curious about the locations of domestic nuclear reactors. ...
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Reactors on Fault Lines Getting Fresh Scrutiny - WSJ.com
Keep track of reactor incidents at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. ... nuclear reactorson the West Coast and 27 near the New Madrid fault line in the ...
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California's Two Nuclear Plants Near Fault Lines, But Chris Wills ...
Mar 14, 2011 ... California's Two Nuclear Plants Near Fault Lines , But Chris Wills with the California Geological Survey says the types of faults are ...
www.fox40.com/.../headlines/ktxl-californias-two-nuclear-plants-near-fault-lines-20110314,0,3265997.story - Cached -
Nuclear power and earthquake zones overlap in the U.S. | MNN ...
Mar 11, 2011 ... There is a whole other issue with non-power nuclear reactors. .... (2 nucular plants proximity to fault) Is your defination of stupid ...
www.mnn.com/.../nuclear-power-and-earthquake-zones-overlap-in-the-us
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Nuclear Power Plant Crisis- It Could Happen in the USMar 16, 2011 ... Japan's Nuclear Crisis Can Happen in the US! ... with some $36 billion in government programs, to start at least 20 new nuclear plants. ...
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Nuclear Energy Institute - U.S. Needs New Nuclear Plants to Meet ...
Nuclear power plants produce nearly 20 percent of U.S. electricity and are ... about onereactor per year starting in 2016, or 20 to 25 new units by 2035. ...
www.nei.org › ... › Document Library › New Plants › Policy Brief - Cached - Similar -
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