The Hard Parts
Safety
What about emergencies?
Federal rules set emergency planning zones around every plant. The boundaries here are not yet drawn.
What we know
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Backgrounder on Emergency Preparedness states that “the plume exposure pathway EPZ extends about 10 miles in radius” and “the ingestion pathway EPZ extends about 50 miles.” An EPZ is an emergency planning zone.
What we don’t know yet
The boundaries, and an evacuation time estimate that depends on Route 8 and the river crossings.
Who decides
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; Kentucky and county emergency management.
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