If Nuclear Power Is Too Dangerous For Land, Why Not Float A Plant In The Ocean?

Want to prevent another Fukushima and get rid of people's "not-in-my-backyard" concerns? MIT researchers say offshore nuclear is the way to go.

When a tsunami surged through the Fukushima nuclear power plant, cutting its systems and leaving an overheated wreck, many people wanted nothing more to do with nuclear energy. Inherently unsafe, they said. To nuclear's fans, however, the disaster was more like a challenge: Find a reactor design that isn't so vulnerable to freak events.

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