Seismic Risk
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's estimate of the risk each year of an earthquake intense enough to cause core damage to the reactor at Calvert Cliffs was Reactor 1: 1 in 100,000; Reactor 2: 1 in 83,333, according to an NRC study published in August 2010.
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