California Utility Hires Seismic Mapping Team to Predict Tsumani Threat
In an attempt to douse concerns by environmental groups and neighbors in the wake of the December Sumatra tsunami disaster, San Francisco, Calif.-based Pacific Gas & Electric, Co. hired a team of seismic mapping experts in July at a cost of $500,00 to recalculate the height of possible waves near its two oceanfront nuclear plants.
Study will model threat to Diablo Canyon nuclear units.(Photo: UIC Corp.)