Obama: U.S. nuclear facilities are safe

Obama: U.S. nuclear facilities are safe
U.S. nuclear facilities are designed to handle natural disasters and are closely monitored by regulators, President Barack Obama said. "I think it is very important to make sure that we are doing everything we can to insure the safety and effectiveness of the nuclear facilities that we have," Obama said in an interview. "I've already instructed our nuclear regulatory agency to make sure that we take lessons learned from what's happening in Japan and that we are constantly upgrading how we approach our nuclear safety in this country," he added. The Washington Post/The Associated Press