If technology has advanced so much why wasn't Fukushima prevented? Oh technology has advanced but human beings are the same as they ever were (and will cut corners, operate things known to be unsafe in the name of slightly greater profits, corrupt the regulators designed to ensure safety etc.). Yes. It will be human error of course, not technology with all it's theoretical perfection. Doesn't mean I want to be in the surrounding area.

Even if new nuclear power plants could be build to be human error proof, older ones are clearly not and were operating for years in possibly unsafe conditions (San Onofre probably). Any push for new plants will not reevaluate the safety of old ones I am pretty certain, which are unlikely to be safe at all.