East Coast Quake Rattled Nuclear Plant’s Waste Casks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The earthquake that shook the East Coast last week rattled casks holding radioactive nuclear waste at a Virginia plant, moving them as much as 4.5 inches from their original position, the plant’s operator said. The 5.8-magnitude quake shifted 25 casks, each 16 feet tall and weighing 115 tons, on a concrete pad at Dominion Resources Inc’s North Anna nuclear plant.

Read the original here:
East Coast Quake Rattled Nuclear Plant’s Waste Casks