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EPRI Report Downplays Worst-Case EMP Scenario

Nuclear Detonation Could Cause Multi-State Outage

Apr 30, 2019
Rich Heidorn Jr.
FERC & Federal / Transmission Operations
By Rich Heidorn Jr. A utility-funded study has concluded a high-altitude nuclear explosion could cause a multi-state electric outage but not the nationwide, months-long blackout some observers have warned of. The findings are contained in a three-year study by the Electric Power Research Institute on the impact of a high-altitude...

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