US Nuclear Power Plants Fallout Map – Locations & Live Time Wind Flow and other stuff

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US Nuclear Power Plants Fallout Map - Locations & Live Time Wind Flow

How-to determine if you are potentially in danger from fallout of a nuclear power plant disaster based on a live map.

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See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours.

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Does Potassium Iodide Expire? Tablets Shelf Life - Answered

You might wonder, "Does potassium iodide expire?" And you might be surprised what I found out according to the U.S. NRC...

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Plan Your Evacuation Route Away From Nuclear Power Plants

For those of you who live near a nuclear power plant, and especially if within 50 miles, it might be a good idea to plan your evacuation route (bugout)

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[GymB]

It is very difficult to make a nuclear reactor blow up, but the wind data is equally interesting for considering the much more common scenario where some radioactive material is released.

I spent the summer of something early 1980’s working on fallout patterns from various types of attacks to feed into building design specifications. Thankfully it was all a waste of time, but I did get to do some interesting modeling on massive computers with less processing power than your microwave oven.

 

[georgel]

I remember doing work at the Mecklenburg County Emergency Command Center and seeing a large map of the county with a clear disk mounted on it. The center was McGuire Nuclear and on the disk were mileage markings from the center and a red cone section like a pie wedge, that denoted fallout. The disk was rotated to the predominante wind direction at the time.

 

[Combat Diver]

Just slightly south of Sunny Point by less then 10 miles.

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[JBoyette]

In order for a power plant to go boom, it will be the cause of a natural disaster near / ontop of that power plant. AKA a direct hit.

For a terrorist / armed attack to cause a melt down or part 100 release, it would take a force that deeply knows that single power plant, because each plant is unique and very different.

 

[Chuckman]

When I was attached to a CBRNE team we were briefed that due to the type of reactors, construction, etc., a for-real explosion of a nuke plant was nigh unto impossible, it would scram and release material WAY before it actually exploded. Also, an explosion secondary to an attack was extremely unlikely also because of where the important stuff is located. Comforting.

Less comforting was seeing the likely primary/secondary/tertiary targets for the USSR in case of war: pretty much all of central and eastern NC.

 

[William Jones]

As part of my job I would be tasked with taking samples of agricultural commodities after an event. The scenario we always use in training is an accidental release and it is completely dependent on wind direction.

 

[ppirate]

I was taught to just hide under my school desk and everything would be OK. That is the truth from the gov't. And they always tell you
the truth 🤣

 

[Scrubber3]

I was taught to just hide under my school desk and everything would be OK. That is the truth from the gov't. And they always tell you
the truth [emoji1787]

They never said you'd be ok. Just that it was what you should do in case it happened. I guess they figured it would give you a higher chance to live than just staring at the bright white light that just popped out of nowhere.

 

[The War Wagon]

Yeah... I'm in the "SUCK" zone of Pittsburgh, vis-a-vis Shippingsport. Have a couple of friends who work there. Assuming the Chinese or Russians have it targeted, the "SUCK" for them will be instantaneous. Might take upwards of 20 seconds or so for it to suck here at my house.

 

[confused]

Harris is in my backyard so to speak so I may or may not feel the warm before I vaporize.

 

[LTC Don]

Prevailing winds in the US Southeast are out of the southwest, coming out of the Gulf. So, if you live in a given zone in width (east/west, and anywhere from say, Holly Springs/Fuquay-Varina towards Norfolk, VA, and Shearon-Harris takes a dump, sorry. Winds may not always be out of the SW on a given day, but eventually, they will.

 

[GoWolfpack]

You've got way bigger things to worry about than this.

You're more likely to need lightning rods on your house than anything to do with radioactive fallout.