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10. I'm just going to keep hoping for the best. I worry because of the ongoing catastrophe in Japan. I

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 01:34 PM

Oct 2012

know it was a tsunami, but all I've read about the plants here leaking, doesn't give much confidence.

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I found a map and it may be up to 15 plants affected. Link: Mnemosyne Oct 2012 #7

Indian River should be of some concern. nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #2

Yup, why that came up nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #9

Surry plant is right on the James River Kindly Refrain Oct 2012 #3

Any problems with leaks that you've ever heard about? nt Mnemosyne Oct 2012 #11

There is a reactor on the banks of the Chesapeake Bay rightsideout Oct 2012 #4

Here are the ones in the path of the storm Recursion Oct 2012 #6

The pressure reactors sound less worrisome, hope they are safe. nt Mnemosyne Oct 2012 #8

Basic theory is failures are more common but less catastrophic Recursion Oct 2012 #12

Limerick PA and Three Mile Island too. n/t MadrasT Oct 2012 #13