Are Nuclear Plants Safe in Hurricanes? Incident During Sandy Suggests They May Not Be
Category: ENVIRONMENT
Sandy did not kill hundreds -- as Hurricane Katrina did in New Orleans in 2005 -- thanks, in part, to timely evacuations and rescue efforts. And luckily, it did not trigger an even greater disaster at one of the region's nuclear power plants. But it could have.
By Richard Schiffman, Contributor
Journalist, 2012-11-03