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New model of earthquake predictions – a concern for nuclear reactors

New model changes earthquake predictions http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50140461n

Kaku on CBS: “This is a game changer… we may have to rewrite all the textbooks” — Concern about monster quake hitting nuclear plant (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/kaku-cbs-game-changer-rewrite-all-textbooks-concern-about-monster-quake-nuclear-plant-video February 7th, 2013 

 Follow-up to: Gov’t warns of impending quake shortly before M6.9 hit northern Japan — “Make yourself safe, turn off the gas…”

Title: New model changes earthquake predictions

Source: CBS News Video
Date: February 6, 2013

Physics professor Michio Kaku, of the City University of New York: This is a game changer. It means that we may have to rewrite all the textbooks on earthquakes. […]

It’s even more unpredictable. Even an innocent fault off the coast of Fukushima can sustain a 9.0 monster quake, when by rights there should not be a 9.0. In some sense we’re back to the dark ages, realizing that off the coast of the U.S. even an innocent fault may sustain a monster 9.0. […]

Also the citing of nuclear power plants; It means that if a nuclear power plant is near a fault line, and the fault line appears to be innocent, it could actually be storing up energy over many cycles.

Host: I thought you were going to come here and make us feel better about earthquakes. […]

Watch the video here

February 8, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual