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3. EMP is a very real problem, whether from nukes or solar flares
Wed May 6, 2015, 09:51 AM
May 2015

It's finally getting some attention by FERC and NRC, but probably not enough.
I haven't followed it for a while, here are some older threads.

2013: Feds Want Power Grid Plans for Solar Flares
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014496745

2013: NRC to consider solar flare petition by Foundation for Resilient Societies
IEEE: "Hundreds of Fukushimas"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/112732094

2013: A question about EMP
http://www.democraticunderground.com/122823686

2011:
Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x313974

2008: New York nuclear plant shutdown triggered by digital camera
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x154025

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