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On August 23, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the Piedmont region of the U.S. East Coast near Mineral, Virginia. This was an intraplate earthquake – most earthquakes are interplate, meaning t...

https://mitnse.com/2011/09/12/the-2011-virginia-earthquake/

Fukushima Lessons Learned - MIT NSP-025 The post UPDATED: MIT Faculty Report on Fukushima appeared first on MIT NSE Nuclear Information Hub .

https://mitnse.com/2011/08/07/updated-mit-faculty-report-on-fukushima/

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published a preliminary summary of their fact-finding mission to three nuclear power stations affected by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami. ...

https://mitnse.com/2011/06/16/the-iaea-publishes-a-preliminary-report-of-its-fact-finding-mission-for-fukushima/

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https://mitnse.com/2011/06/03/mit-faculty-report-on-fukushima-mit-nse-nuclear-information-hub-httpweb-mit-edunse/

In the wake of the Fukushima crisis, there has been much discussion of how to site future nuclear plants in locations that are relatively less vulnerable to earthquakes. Although we offer no opin...

https://mitnse.com/2011/05/04/nuclear-plant-siting-and-earthquake-risk/

News Updates, 4/15/11 An earthquake (magnitude 5.4) was reported at Hamadori, Fukushima Prefecture on 4/13. No unusual events were reported at any of the nearby nuclear power stations as a result...

https://mitnse.com/2011/04/15/news-updates-april-15/

Today the Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency revised its INES rating of the Fukushima Daiichi event. The previous assessment treated the events at each of the ailing reactors as separa...

https://mitnse.com/2011/04/12/new-provisional-ines-rating-a-chernobyl-primer/

News Brief, 4/11/11 Aftershocks The region surrounding the troubled nuclear power station has suffered two aftershocks in recent days. The first, a magnitude 7.1 on the Richter scale, took place ...

https://mitnse.com/2011/04/11/news-updates-april-11/

Safety Limits: What are they? How are they determined? Much of the discussion concerning radiation levels and radioactive material releases has been presented in the context of safety limits set ...

https://mitnse.com/2011/04/07/regulatory-limits-on-radiation-dose/

News Brief, 4/6/11 TEPCO has reported that as of 5:38 AM JST, the leakage of water from Unit 2’s supply cable pit has stopped. Before and after photos supplied by the IAEA are shown below: Afte...

https://mitnse.com/2011/04/06/news-updates-april-6-2011/