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Towas nowhere near any eahquake faults. th it tued out it was near two of them, one about three miles away, the other less than a mile away. diablo canyon has already been subject to billions of dollars' worth of retrofitting construction costs including $2 billion worth of costs because some of the seismic retrofitting construction at the plant was done by people who were lki t bepntbawas. not ddg. inheid oalf this, of the crisis at fukushima and the coming to light of decades of peril at diablo canyon, the plant's owner is busy trying to extend its license to operate this nuclear plant, whic...

Three mile item but the main problem is confusion over what needs to be reported and what doesn't need to be reported and the nrc say they will "take a look," at the inspector general's report to see if their reporting system can be further strengthened so, better communications, they say, is the key. >>shepard: which nuclear plant in the sons coming under your scrutiny? >>guest: all, theoretically, but we know for sure that the country's biggest, which is 45 minutes away from phoenix, specifically that is under the pike scope a plant with a history of safety problems, and it serves four milli...

Have been close calls in the united states. since 1990, there have been four critical instances identified by the nrc at nuclear reactors in south carolina, ohio, and three of those plants where the critical instances have happened have actually had their licenses extended, so, you know, the idea that safety problems are only happening in japan is not true. we've definitely had our share here in the united states. >> kate, let's take the example, the yankee nuclear plant, justì% has been online since 1972, which is 28, 39 years. a spokesman says i think the nuclear regulatory commission has d...

Inherently dangerous. that being said, you know, there have been close calls in the united states. since 1990, there have been four critical instances identified by the nrc at nuclear reactors in south carolina, ohio, and three of those plants where the critical instances have happened have actually had their licenses extended, so, you know, the idea that safety problems are only happening in japan is not true. we've definitely had our share here in the united states. >> kate, let's take the example, the yankee nuclear plant, just got a 20 year license renewal. has been online since 1972, whic...

To make it important. why do you say it's more of a cavalier atmosphere in the nuclear industry. >> don't get me wrong. it's heavily regulated and of single nuclear plant has redundant safeguards in place, because the technology is inherently dangerous. that being said, there have been close callsç in the united states. since 199 on 0, there have been four critical instances identified by the nrc, and three of those plants where those critical instances have happened have actually had their licenses extended. so s. you know, the idea that safety problems are only happening in japan, it's not...