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After the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that hit the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission surveyed U.S. nuclear reactor safety. The Union of Concerned Scientists took a look also—there’s some good news and there’s some bad news.
Following last year’s devastating Japanese earthquake and tsunami that hit the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission decided to survey U.S. nuclear plants. The Union of Concerned Scientists took a look, as well. The UCS’s David Lochbaum tells host Bruce Gellerman the good and bad news about America’s nuclear fleet.