{"id":77891,"date":"2023-03-07T02:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=77891"},"modified":"2023-03-06T09:58:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:58:05","slug":"how-would-a-nuclear-emp-affect-the-power-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/03\/07\/how-would-a-nuclear-emp-affect-the-power-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"How Would a Nuclear EMP Affect the Power Grid?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FksEGpBLfis\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Practical Engineering<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 8 Nov 2022<\/p>\n<p>How a nuclear blast in the upper atmosphere could disable the power grid.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Correction: 10:32 Meant to say &#8220;earth&#8217;s magnetic field,&#8221; not &#8220;earth&#8217;s gravity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This video is a summary of the EPRI study on the impacts that a high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) would have on the US power grid. 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