Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant - Seismic Risk

Seismic Risk

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's estimate of the risk each year of an earthquake intense enough to cause core damage to the reactor at Vermont Yankee was 1 in 123,457, according to an NRC study published in August 2010.

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