TMI Anniversary

Yesterday (March 28) was the 30th anniversary of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant incident. It was essentially a financial disaster. It was also a public relations disaster.

The extend of the disaster was due to humans interfering with automatic reactor safety systems. Much was learned and applied to existing and future nuclear power reactors in the following two decades.

Now it appears that the nuclear power industry is on the verge of a nuclear renaissance. At least that's what we've been hearing and reading for the last 6 years or so. Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe gives us his take.