Alabama's Brown's Ferry nuclear plant, the second-largest in the US, lost power as a result of yesterday's huge tornado that ripped through Tuscaloosa. Thankfully, it shut down as designed, averting a crisis like the one in Fukushima. [Reuters] More »

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