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To clarify, the link says that the spent fuel ponds are not required to have back up power, which is not the same as saying they don't have back-up power.

http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2011/08/north-anna-nuclear-reactors-designed-to-withstand-59-61-magnitude-earthquake.html Is this report incorrect?

I am curious about the spent fuel pools. They are not required to have back-up power and North Anna has some 1200 tons of spent fuel.

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