Hurricane Sandy May Score a Direct Hit On Spent Fuel Pools at Nuclear Plant

Hurricane Sandy May Score a Direct Hit On Spent Fuel Pools at Nuclear Plant

by WashingtonsBlog

New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut Nuclear Plants In Path of Storm

Preface:  We hope and expect that the severity of the hurricane is being overblown, and that the nuclear plants in the Northeast will ride out the storm without any incident.  
We noted Friday that more than a dozen nuclear plants are near Hurricane Sandy’s path.
Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen says that there are actually 26 nuclear plants in the path of the hurricane, and that the spent fuel pools in the plants don’t have backup pumps (summary via EneNews):http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-may-score-a-direct-hit-on-spent-fuel-pools-of-nuclear-plant.html

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