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"Obama Seeks Safety Review of US Nuclear Plants" [1]

"WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is calling for a comprehensive safety review at the 104 nuclear reactors in the U.S. in the wake of the Japanese disaster.

The president is asking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to examine nuclear plants to ensure they can withstand earthquakes and other disasters."

The Associated Press had the story March 17, 2011. [2]

Disasters [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Public [6]
Source: AP [2], 03/17/2011
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/obama-seeks-safety-review-us-nuclear-plants [2] http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/03/17/us/politics/AP-US-US-Japan-Obama.html [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81