Official backs studying quake risks at nuke plants

Published November 9, 2012 12:05am ET



ATLANTA (AP) — Recent earthquakes demonstrate the need for the nation’s nuclear industry to re-evaluate the geologic hazards facing power plants, a process that has already started, the new chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said this week.

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