Be that as it may - a quick google shows that countries around the world are calling for reviews. Germany is considering shutting down two of its oldest plants.
Most countries with plants will conduct reviews. Whether it will happen in the US is anyone's guess.
In all reality, is this any different then when other catastrophies have caused some sort of structural damage leading to re-evaluations of building codes, structural integrity and resistance ability?
If we're keeping the discussion strictly to earthquakes, look at the catastrophic failure of the Cypress Street Viaduct (I-880)and the collapse of a 50' of the Oakland Bay Bridge and during the 1989 Lome Prieta quake....
Following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay area, The Department sponsored accelerated retrofit research primarily conducted at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of California at San Diego
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http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/about/retrofit.htm)
