Nuclear Earthquake

NRC Staff: Reassess Earthquake Risk At Nuclear Plants

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 11.12.2011

WASHINGTON — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission should immediately require U.S. nuclear plant operators to re-evaluate whether their facilities c...

Nuclear Plant Downplayed Tsunami Risk

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA and JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 05.27.2011

TOKYO — In planning their defense against a killer tsunami, the people running Japan's now-hobbled nuclear power plant dismissed important scien...

Gaps In U.S. Radiation Monitoring Revealed

AP | By GARANCE BURKE and NOAKI SCHWARTZ | Posted 05.26.2011

SAN FRANCISCO -- Parts of America's radiation alert network have been out of order during Japan's nuclear crisis, raising concerns among some lawmaker...

Chris Kirkham

At California Nuclear Plant, Earthquake Response Plan Not Required

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 05.25.2011

As the world's attention remains focused on the nuclear calamity unfolding in Japan, American nuclear regulators and industry lobbyists have been offe...

Could U.S. Nuclear Reactors Withstand A Massive Quake?

Posted 05.25.2011

By Scott DiSavino – Fri Mar 11, 1:10 pm ET NEW YORK (Reuters) – The massive earthquake that forced the closure of four nuclear power plants i...