The Suffolk County government approved Legislator Jay Schneiderman’s proposal for SoMAS to conduct research on the cooling systems used at Millstone Nuclear Facility.
Nuclear power has been touted as one of the cleanest and greenest energy sources. Even so, the 2011 Fukushima meltdown demonstrated more could be done in the way of safety.
The audience of the "Fukushima: One Year Later" panel could not help but be quiet as they listened about the effects of the nuclear disaster after a significant earthquake and tsunami hit Japan this time last year.
