s the United States prepared for a nuclear reactor accident?

s the United States prepared for a nuclear reactor accident?

from It is 6 Minutes to Midnight | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by Laura H. Kahn

As Japan struggles to contain the crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, government officials in other nations are nervously assessing their own emergency-response policies and procedures for a nuclear reactor accident. If any country is prepared to handle the worst that nature can present, it's Japan, where strict building codes and evacuation drills saved many lives from the March 11 disaster. But even Japan was not ready for a colossal 9.0 earthquake followed by a devastating tsunami.