Sen. Casey calls for GAO probe of nuclear emergency plans

As Jeff Donn at the Associated Press reports, U.S. Senator Robert Casey Jr., Democrat of Pennsylvania (pictured at left), has called upon the U.S. Government Accountability Office, Congress's investigative arm, to report back to him on the adequacy of NRC, FEMA, and nuclear industry emergency plans. His action comes in response to AP's report on the explosion of populations around nuclear power plants in the past 30 years (see that article in the posting below).

Residents nearby atomic reactors question adequacy of emergency evacuation plans

Jeff Donn at the Associated Press has published another follow up article to his four-part exposé "Aging Nukes." The current article is entitled "Some worry about nuclear plant evacuation plans." It follows a June 27th article entitled "Populations around U.S. nuke plants soar."

False assumptions behind U.S. 10 mile emergency evacuation zones

In a June 5th video posted at the Updates section of the Fairewinds Associates website, nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen explains how false assumptions and speculations by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission undermine the adequacy of current 10 mile emergency evacuation zones around U.S. atomic reactors. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear catastrophe has shown clearly that NRC's assumptions are overly optimistic. In fact, NRC -- followed by the White House and State Department -- instructed Americans in Japan to evacuate at least 50 miles away from the triple meltdown, pool fire(s), and explosions.