For all you 'Crazy' anti-nukers, this one is for you. We have company.

[daveMN]

5. To clarify, If you read the article carefully,

you'll see he didn't mean that nuclear plants were literally leaking. He's talking about new safety features and fixes.

Here we are, 50 years since the first reactor ideas were born, or the first plants were built, and now we are talking about a significantly new safety feature in the United States.

This is not things that you would expect to be adding now, 50 years after this technology had been developed.

Every time there is something we did not expect, then we add on a new safety system to fix that hole. It is like a dike leaking everywhere.

And, to that, I would say, all technological systems undergo updates and fixes over time. Nuclear plants are not unique that way - I think that line of argument is awfully flawed.

However, if it's true that the NRC is controlled by the industry itself, yes, that is a big problem. Just not a problem with the technology itself.