Mass-Evacuation Tests at Nuclear Plants ‘Difficult,’ Jaczko Says

[Fledermaus]

Apparently the nuclear industry has no common sense. Why would someone build these things in heavily populated areas?

60 minutes to Fukushima. Turn the cooling water off and its 60 minutes to Fukushima.

Testing the evacuation of residents near U.S. atomic power plants would be difficult before an emergency, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko said.

Running “mass evacuations on a trial basis” is a challenge, Jaczko said today in Washington, answering a question from Ralph Nader, founder of Public Citizen, which opposes nuclear power.

Evacuation plans are being examined in the agency’s 90-day review after a 9-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami knocked out power to reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, leading to the release of radiation.

Policy makers such as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, say Entergy Corp. (ETR)’s Indian Point plant, which is about 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of Manhattan, is too close to New York City and should be shut.

[damntexdem]

1. And actual evacuation during an emergency would be impossible.

That's why, rather than evacuation exercises, there needs to be no new nukes, and responsible phase-out of existing nukes.

[madokie]

2. With the older and more dangerous ones first

Theres still people who think that nuclear power poses no threat to us, what fools.

[flamingdem]

3. How about after an earthquake and tsunami at Diablo Canyon + San Onofre.. nt

[madokie]

5. Those should be the first to go

on any fault actually or even close to one. The shits too dangerous for mankind

[kristopher]

4. I don't think it would be difficult. But it would be counter-productive to their propaganda campaign

They've spent hundreds of millions over the past decade trying to convince people fission technology is safe. The very last thing they want to do is remind them there is a need to worry about fleeing the area.

It is a very real need they are leaving unfulfilled in order to promote their marketing efforts.

Sick.