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Report: Nuke plants unprotected from EMP, terrorists, solar meltdown

By Paul Bedard

Published September 14, 2015 6:37pm ET

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Report: Nuke plants unprotected from EMP, terrorists, solar meltdown — This Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 photo provided by NASA shows the first notable solar flare of the year, as observed from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 11:24 p.m. EST on Monday. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission which has been observing the sun since 2010. (AP Photo/NASA) | AP

America’s nuclear power plants, and the huge transformers they feed electricity to, are not protected from a growing collection of threats including terrorism, electromagnetic pulse and even solar weather, according to an extensive review of the industry.

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