The Mix: Nuclear Safety and Regulation

America's nuclear industry has been held up as an example of exemplary safety and regulation. But more than 20 percent of U.S. reactors are similar in design and age to Japan's troubled Fukushima Daiichi reactors.

energyNOW! anchor Thalia Assuras speaks with Jarret Adams, spokesman for nuclear reactor manufacturer Areva, to find out how the nuclear industry can learn from Japan. Peter Bradford, a former NRC commissioner, thinks regulators are under pressure from Congress to keep plants running. And Arnie Gunderson, a nuclear engineer on a Vermont Yankee nuclear plant oversight panel, predicts many older plants wouldn't pass modern seismic evaluations.