Indian Point's earthquake prep under evaluation by NRC

[hrmjustin]

Michael Risinit, TJN

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is assessing whether the nation's nuclear power plants, including Indian Point in Buchanan, need to do more to prepare for potential earthquakes.

Plants in the East and Midwest recently submitted quake evaluations of their properties to the NRC, a requirement that arose out of the Fukushima disaster in Japan.

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/indian-point/2014/04/28/indian-point-earthquake-study-nrc/8422093/

[elleng]

1. About f*****g time!

[hrmjustin]

2. You would have thought they would have gotten around to doing this years ago.

I have no faith in the NRC.

[elleng]

3. They've seemed to me to be one of the worse bureaucracies,

for quite a while.

[hrmjustin]

4. And all of the plants they monitor sre decades old.

[elleng]

5. Yes, all the more reason they should be vigilant,

especially considering the consequences of the alternative.

[hrmjustin]

6. Well hopefully they actually do their jobs this time.