Energy Week Ahead: NRC Talks Temblors With Power-Plant Owners
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April 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissionstaff will meet with industry officials in San Mateo,California, today and tomorrow to discuss seismic risks at thenation’s 104 operating reactors.
Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi disaster last year, caused by anearthquake and tsunami, and an August temblor that temporarilyshut down Dominion Resources Inc.’s North Anna nuclear plant inVirginia, have brought heightened attention to reactors’susceptibility to quakes.