Could Another Fukushima-Like Accident Happen In The US? Nuclear Expert Explains How

Could a nuclear accident like the 2011 meltdown that crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan happen here? David Lochbaum, a former nuclear engineer, director of the Nuclear Safety Program for the Union of Concerned Scientists and one of the authors of the new book-length account "Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster," thinks it's more than possible. The safety preparations at the plant before the accident, he says, weren't that different from the precautions taken at U.S. plants.