The possible disastrous impact of climate change on America’s nuclear power plants is not a high priority, raising the fear that dozens could be ravaged likeand climate change, issues the Biden administration has been hyping and warning about for over three years, is an afterthought at the agency approving designs and overseeing safety of America’s clean energy source.
But at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, staff “doesn’t fully consider potential increases in risk from climate change. For example, NRC mostly uses historical data to identify and assess safety risks, rather than data from future climate projections,” the GAO said. For example, GAO said that 60 of 75 plants are in potential flood zones. Some 16 of 75 are in areas that have the potential for wildfires. And 37 of 75 are in coastal areas expected to experience sea rises and flooding just like in the Japan disaster that followed an earthquake.