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