Editing Limerick Generating Station (section)

==Surrounding population==
The [[Nuclear Regulatory Commission]] defines two emergency planning zones around nuclear power plants: a plume exposure pathway zone with a radius of {{convert|10|mi}}, concerned primarily with exposure to, and inhalation of, airborne [[radioactive contamination]], and an ingestion pathway zone of about {{convert|50|mi}}, concerned primarily with ingestion of food and liquid contaminated by radioactivity.<ref>{{cite web |title=NRC: Backgrounder on Emergency Preparedness for Nuclear Power Plants |url=https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/emerg-plan-prep-nuc-power-bg.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002131207/http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/emerg-plan-prep-nuc-power-bg.html |archive-date=2006-10-02 |access-date=2012-03-14}}</ref>

The 2010 U.S. population within {{convert|10|mi}} of Limerick was 252,197, an increase of 18.7 percent in a decade, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data for msnbc.com. The 2010 U.S. population within {{convert|50|mi}} was 8,027,924, an increase of 6.1 percent since 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-04-14 |title=Nuclear neighbors: Population rises near US reactors |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42555888 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>

Cities within 50 miles:
* Pennsylvania
** [[Philadelphia]] (28mi/45km)
** [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]] (27mi/43km)
** [[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]] (19mi/31km)
* New Jersey
** [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] (Capital) (43mi/69km)
** [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]] (32mi/52km)
* Delaware
** [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] (33mi/53km)