FollowEach year at the typical U.S. nuclear plant, there’s a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage to the reactor’s core. But an earthquake isn’t the only threat. A trembler coupled with a tsunami like the one that hit Fukushima Daiichi could cause catastrophic damage to nuclear plants.
Since the disaster at fukushima, there’s been a lot of speculating about U.S. nuclear sites at risk for a major earthquake. Here, we take a look at which might fall victim to a tsunami scenario like Japan experienced.
