After Fukushima, Utilities Prepare for Worst

At the Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant in Pennsylvania, engineers and technicians have been taking precautions and preparing for scenarios that could possibly occur and create major world problems. Three years after the Fukushima disaster, power plants, such as Peach Bottom, have learned from this tragedy to take precautions. New pumps, connections, and multiple emergency back-up plans will be installed to defend and address nearly every possible scenario that could happen at these sites. Unfortunately, remodeling these power plants costs somewhere between 400 to 500 million dollars, a costly amount of money,  and leads the public to question whether nuclear energy is really the ideal source of energy for the future. Thus, while it is important to sanction safety regulations for nuclear plants, I believe a greater importance should be placed on research for a more efficient form of energy.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/business/after-fukushima-utilities-prepare-for-worst.html?ref=science&_r=0