From Salon:
The industry -- along with President Obama -- has in recent years trumpeted the fact that nuclear power does not produce carbon emissions that cause climate change. But safety is clearly still a touchy subject for nuclear operators. ...
[Mitchell] Singer, the NEI spokesman, argued that Japan's infrastructure had actually performed well so far.
"The Japanese plants have been run very safely and reliably for a very long time. They have operated quite safely," he said, adding: "Actually, they withstood the earthquake quite well. It's the tsunami that caused the problems with the backup generators."
P.S. "The DC-based Nuclear Energy Institute represents Japanese firms -- including the company whose plants are in crisis"
