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Friday, April 12, 2013

US Nuclear Agency Warned to Expand Power Plant Evacuation Zones

US Nuclear Agency Warned to Expand Power Plant Evacuation Zones
Environment News Service
WASHINGTON, DC, April 11, 2013 (ENS) – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission should look at evacuation plans for areas beyond a 10-mile radius around America's nuclear power plants, the independent research branch of Congress advised ...http://ens-newswire.com/2013/04/11/u-s-nuclear-agency-warned-to-expand-power-plant-evacuation-zones/

GAO: Indian Point evacuation plan inadequate

Newsday - ‎Apr 11, 2013‎
Residents living outside the 10-mile zone around Indian Point and other nuclear power plants could jam evacuation routes, undermining a key premise of emergency plans relied on by county officials in the Hudson Valley and around the country, a new ...http://newyork.newsday.com/news/new-york/indian-point-evacuation-plan-inadequate-feds-say-1.5052105?qr=1
 

Nuclear Evacuation Study Shows That Communities Outside 10-Mile Zone May ...

Huffington Post - ‎Apr 10, 2013‎
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. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/shadow-nuclear-evacuation-study-zone-congress_n_3051750.html?utm_hp_ref=green

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