New Indian Point Nuke Earthquake Risk

Keep in mind that the largest nuclear reactor in the world, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, all 8,212 MW worth, is still down after an earthquake on July 16, 2007. (Japanese Nuclear Plant May be on Quake Fault Line - Guardian (UK) - 19 Jul 07 and Japan: Ground Zero at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa - Global Voices Online - 25 Jul 07)

Nice graphs and photos in the articles below.

Earthquakes May Endanger New York More Than Thought; Nuclear Power Plant Seen As Particular Risk - Science Daily - 21 Aug 08

"A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. Among other things, they say that the controversial Indian Point nuclear power plants, 24 miles north of the city, sit astride the previously unidentified intersection of two active seismic zones.

The paper appears in the current issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America at http://www.bssaonline.org/cgi/reprint/98/4/1696.

Earthquake Zone Intersection Threatens Indian Point Nuclear Plant - ENS - 21 Aug 08

"Researchers from Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have located a previously unknown active seismic zone running from Stamford, Connecticut, to the Hudson Valley town of Peekskill, New York, where it passes less than a mile north of the Indian Point nuclear power plant. The Stamford-Peekskill line intersects with the known Ramapo seismic zone, which runs from eastern Pennsylvania to the mid-Hudson Valley, passing within two miles northwest of Indian Point.

The Stamford-Peekskill line stands out sharply on the researchers' earthquake map, with small events clustered along its length, and to its immediate southwest. Just to the north, there are no quakes, indicating that it represents some kind of underground boundary. The pattern emerged when the Earth Observatory scientists compiled a catalog of all 383 known earthquakes from 1677 to 2007 in a 15,000 square mile area around New York City. The observatory runs the network of instruments that monitors most of the northeastern United States for earthquake activity.

New Indian Point Nuke Earthquake Risk

Keep in mind that the largest nuclear reactor in the world, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, all 8,212 MW worth, is still down after an earthquake on July 16, 2007. (Japanese Nuclear Plant May be on Quake Fault Line - Guardian (UK) - 19 Jul 07 and Japan: Ground Zero at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa - Global Voices Online - 25 Jul 07)

Nice graphs and photos in the articles below.

Earthquakes May Endanger New York More Than Thought; Nuclear Power Plant Seen As Particular Risk - Science Daily - 21 Aug 08

"A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. Among other things, they say that the controversial Indian Point nuclear power plants, 24 miles north of the city, sit astride the previously unidentified intersection of two active seismic zones.

The paper appears in the current issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America at http://www.bssaonline.org/cgi/reprint/98/4/1696.

Earthquake Zone Intersection Threatens Indian Point Nuclear Plant - ENS - 21 Aug 08

"Researchers from Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have located a previously unknown active seismic zone running from Stamford, Connecticut, to the Hudson Valley town of Peekskill, New York, where it passes less than a mile north of the Indian Point nuclear power plant. The Stamford-Peekskill line intersects with the known Ramapo seismic zone, which runs from eastern Pennsylvania to the mid-Hudson Valley, passing within two miles northwest of Indian Point.

The Stamford-Peekskill line stands out sharply on the researchers' earthquake map, with small events clustered along its length, and to its immediate southwest. Just to the north, there are no quakes, indicating that it represents some kind of underground boundary. The pattern emerged when the Earth Observatory scientists compiled a catalog of all 383 known earthquakes from 1677 to 2007 in a 15,000 square mile area around New York City. The observatory runs the network of instruments that monitors most of the northeastern United States for earthquake activity.