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How Close Are You to a Nuclear Plant?

Friday, April 15, 2011

Read More About: geospatial technology, nuclear, nuclear energy

Esri's "How Close Are You to a Nuclear Plant?" interactive map allows you to get "as the crow flies" distances to the five closests nuclear power plants. The map below shows the distances for Topeka, KS. (Click for larger view.) MSNBC published an article on April 14 that addressed the fact that populations near nuclear power plants are growing.

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