8/30/2011 Fukushima Update–Mini-Fukushima in DC’s Back Yard?

Source: The Paltry Sapien
Date: 8/30/2011
by: Matthew Payne

North Anna Nuclear Power Plant (c/o Wikipedia)

While everybody has been focused on hurricane Irene, the 5.8 scale earthquake that massaged the East Coast has fallen into the public’s rear-view mirror. The public had best do a quick head swivel, however, and pay attention to this odd little geological event. It was not just a bit of rock and roll that cracked the facade of the Washington Monument (insert pithy and wry observation about the metaphoric meaning of that here), it provided a wake-up call, a good tug at the bed sheets, for our sleepy nuclear watchdogs.
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