Compare the fallout map for land that's still uninhabitable in Japan due to Fukushima to the area surrounding the Indian Point plant outside of NYC. If all of

Compare the fallout map for land that's still uninhabitable in Japan due to Fukushima to the area surrounding the Indian Point plant outside of NYC. If all of the Nuke plants were on the far eastern seaboard ~100 miles from civilization, it'd be one thing, but many of them are immediately proximate to major cities (since that's where power is used!). Fortunately, the meltdown at Fukushima didn't cause too much damage, but that was mostly just luck and a beneficial location. Can you imagine the cost and disruption of a similar meltdown 25 miles outside of New York City? Or at the Pilgrim Nuclear Station that's ~30 miles outside of Boston?