Britain's Nuclear Power Stations Face New Scrutiny Following Japanese Nuclear Plant Failures

HEYSHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 17: A man walks past the security fence of Heysham Nuclear Power Station on March 17, 2011 in Heysham, United Kingdom.As the Japanese fight to contain the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continues, the UK Government have asked their Chief Scientific Adviser Professor John Beddington to report on how events may affect our own nuclear energy plans whilst in Europe a review of nuclear reactors was announced earlier this week by the EU energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)