Earthquake Of The Day
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benfal99,
I don't have time to find all the info, but from what some people have stated on TV, any nuclear plant being built now is even better than the ones in Japan. The new ones have fail-safe mechanisms that would still allow them to be cooled and access their usual water source. I can't remember the details, but the person being interviewed basically said that, the Japanese plant construction of the ones currently online is far better than the Chernobyl era plants; they're very good and obviously this is a massive event that has shut them down.
But the newer ones, he said, go even further in their technological ability to keep the core safe and isolated from catastrophic damage. Keep in mind that probably ever plant that could be built now or has been built recently can withstand an attack from a commercial jet.