Manager Says Nuclear Enrichment Safer in Disaster Than Nuclear Power

Published: March 18, 2011, 4 a.m.

A nuclear power plant affected by last week's 8.9 earthquake in Japan continues to pose a danger. As workers try to stabilize the reactors at Fukushima, nuclear industry employees in other countries watch anxiously. The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant produces the uranium fuel used in power plants around the world, including Japan. The Paducah plant is also near the New Madrid fault line, which scientists have estimated has the potential to cause a major earthquake.