Mr. Lay says scientists are better able to predict earthquake risks in some areas than they were in the past. Still, he says, they cannot provide decision makers with all the answers.
THORNE LAY: "We will try to our best to give early warning if that's possible and set up emergency response systems, but ultimately individuals have to prepare themselves."
In the United States, a nuclear plant is being built in Georgia. This is the country's first new one since the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Pennsylvania in nineteen seventy-nine.
Safety is not the only concern. The cost of building a nuclear plant and producing electricity from it is much higher than other sources of power.
And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.
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