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Wednesday
Jul272011

Chart your own evacuation from the nuclear accident near you

Physicians for Social Responsibility provides these interactive evacuation maps. Type in your zip code and see how far the evacuation radius spreads from a nuclear power plant in your region. The maps also show how many people would need to be evacuated, driving home the unfeasibilty of these plans. And while the USA still only considers a 10-mile radius evacuation zone, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission advised the Japanese to evacuate out to 50 miles from the Fukushima accident. Why the double-standard?