In case you were wondering:

"Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, all containment structures on new nuclear plant designs in the U.S. have been re-engineered to withstand the direct impact of a jetliner" - this from a recent report onYale's environment 360 blog by Susan Q. Stranahan,an award-winning journalist who has written about the environment and energy for more than three decades as a staff writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 1972 to 2000 and for other publications as well.

So we got that going for us, which is nice.... (sarcasm font would be nice here)

We've heard it from the president several times and we hear more frequently now that America is taking another look at its energy strategy - nuclear power is coming back... and maybe in a big way.  Though most "experts" don't envision a new reactor operating until 2016 or 2017, there's a boat load of R&D going into new nuclear development.  Stranahan's piece is a well-written look at measures to make these new reactors safer.  Gulp....

 

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