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Tue, 2012-04-03 00:05 — mdmcdonald
This working group is focused on discussions about nuclear issues.

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Will Solar Panels Survive a Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)?

Sat, 2019-01-26 08:28 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

CLICK HERE - Report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack - Volume 1: Executive Report - 2004 (62 page .PDF report)

solarpowerrocks.com - by Ben Zientara - October 2017

. . . The thing to be worried about here is what’s known as a nuclear electromagnetic pulse, or EMP for short. If a nuclear weapon of sufficient size is detonated, an EMP can disrupt everything that uses electronic circuitry, potentially causing irreversible damage to electronics in cars, airplanes, the U.S. electric grid, and yes, your home solar system . . .

. . . the U.S. Government has commissioned a few studies of the effects and likely aftereffects of an EMP-as-weapon deployed against the country . . .

. . . Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) . . . it’s a lot like the E3 component of a nuclear EMP, and can shut down the grid in much the same way.

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Nuclear Power Stations Launches Emergency Operations Center

Tue, 2012-04-03 00:21 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

       

Pennsylvania's Beaver Valley power station // Source: pa.us

Homeland Security News Wire - April 2, 2012

Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., last week announced that construction of the Emergency Operations Facility for its Beaver Valley Power Station has been completed.

The new 12,000 square-foot facility supports overall management of activities related to maintaining public health and safety during the emergency at the plant. The facility also will be used by Beaver Valley’s emergency response organization during quarterly training drills and bi-annual exercises evaluated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to ensure preparedness to respond to an emergency.

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