How Safe and Secure are U.S. Nuclear Reactors?
Published March 17, 2011 After a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and 30-foot waves from a tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011, nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in northeastern Japan started overheating and leaking radiation, raising concerns about nuclear safety and nuclear security worldwide. People around the world watched as the death and devastation of the earthquake and tsunami were compounded by new fears of a possible nuclear meltdown that could kill, injure or damage the health of thousands of people and lay waste the local environment for decades. In every nation where nuclear reactors provide electricity, people asked the same Could it happen here? The following is a short primer that an
