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<\/a>\n<\/p>\n![\"Plant](\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3d4f318f970c-pi.jpg\")
<\/a>\nthan Plant Vogtle, all five within about 160 miles.\nFor comparison, the Fukushima reactors are about 160 miles from Tokyo,\nwhere, according to\nHiroko Tabuchi in the NYTimes 14 October 2011\n![\"Reactor](\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3d4f3193970c-pi.jpg\")
<\/a>\nThe Hatch reactors, about 100 miles from here,\nare GE Mark I, the same design as Fukushima.\nSo are five other reactors (marked *) within 500 miles of here.\n<\/p>\n![\"Plant](\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3d4f3198970c-pi.jpg\")
<\/a>\nAccording to Greg Land 8 July 2000,\n![](\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3d4f319c970c-pi.jpg\")
<\/a>\nTurkey Point near Miami, for example, is less than 500 miles from here.\nYou may recall those reactors as the ones\n