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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
I would just hope that maximum credible earthquake would be reexamined after what has happened in Chile, New Zealand, and Japan.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey urges a reevaluation of earthquake standards for nuclear plants post recent disasters.

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