As Japan fights to prevent disaster at a nuclear power plant following the earthquake and tsunami, many here at home are debating whether our energy future should include nuclear power as a major component. So what can actually tell about what’s happening in Japan? Do our nuclear plants have better containment provisions than Japan? Will this country move forward with additional nuclear facilities or will we freeze in place as we did after Three Mile Island? We ask former Michigan Rep. Vernon Ehlers, the first nuclear physicist ever elected to Congress.
