In case of nuclear accident run 10 miles. Ask Russia or Japan how far to run?

 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission should look at evacuation plans for areas beyond a 10-mile radius around America’s nuclear power plants.  This suggestion coming from an independent Congressional advisory board. 

10 miles.  Looking at Japan after the nuclear plant melt down, it is clear the 10 mile radius evacuation plan for the health and welfare of the public is no better than the cold war solution for kids to crawl under desks.  

My prediction is this plan will go nowhere.  The nuclear industry hoping for a new era cannot allow discussions of safety.  Communities with plants, or hoping to land a new plant, likewise cannot allow this type of discussion nor the cost of setting up a procedure for a disaster, better just cross your fingers, after all, it can't happen here.

All the bitching about wind and solar being subsidized is a small potato joke if you want to talk about nukes.  It is the highest cost of energy, the plants never pay for themselves, and the government will have to pick up the price to dismantle it in 30 - 40 years, the owners will never have enough money to do it, and will file bankruptcy to to weasel out of it.