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Old 04-01-11, 01:12 PM   #7
Growler
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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk View Post
We have the plant in Southern MD Growler. Never any accidents that I'm aware of. I think what has happened in Japan is a wake up call to inspect what we have going as far as nuclear plants and handling emergency situations.
Calvert Cliffs, some ~80m away from where I sit; Hope Creek and Salem plants are also about that far, Limerick's a bit under 100m. Three Mile Island and Peach Bottom plants in PA are less than 50m from here.

Point is, within 80m of where I currently sit, there are more nuclear plants than there are on the entire West Coast of the US. I thought that was worth exploring, but then again, I'm strange.

I think re-evaluating safety in US plants is a good idea, but I also think any plan to do so will be over-hyped by the media until everyone living in the same state as a plant will start swearing their water's glowing.

<shrug> Just curious, I guess.
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