Zeit-Online: American Nuclear Power Plants Map German newspaper
Zeit-Online has created a Google Maps application that shows how
many Americans live near nuclear power plants. The map includes
a distance slider tool that lets you visualise how many people
live within different distances of a nuclear power plant. For
example, the voluntary evacuation zone around the Fukushima
power plant is currently 18 miles. Using the Zeit-Online map we
find that a total of 16,040,474 Americans live within 18 miles
of a nuclear plant. You can use the slider to adjust the radius
around the nuclear power plants. The number of people living
within the radius is then shown. Clicking on a power plant on
the map brings up more information about the location in the map
sidebar.