That's not especially ironic. The Fukushima reactors that failed were designed by General Electric, Toshiba, and Hitachi in the early 1960s. Westinghouse was no

That's not especially ironic. The Fukushima reactors that failed were designed by General Electric, Toshiba, and Hitachi in the early 1960s. Westinghouse was not involved. Nuclear power continues to demonstrate a very low risk to human life per TWh of electricity generated, including Chernobyl and Fukushima. That said, it's probably best for nuclear advocates to acknowledge that sufficiently incompetent/malicious humans and/or exceptional natural disasters can lead to large unplanned releases of fission products from any reactor. And then to re-emphasize that the actual risks to human health are still lower for nuclear power than for any fossil-based power system. http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/appendices/fukushima-reactor-background.aspx http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-...