The latter proved a somewhat astonishing reminder of forgotten lessons about nuclear power risks, unique to that technology: A failure of one power plant in an isolated location can create a contagion in countries far away, and even where somewhat different variants of that technology are in use.
He added that it was the first time so many facilities had been affected by electrical failure at the same time since the plant was brought under control in December 2011.
Nissan has said that it is considering building the new Micra at its Barcelona factory or a plant of its French partner Renault because of the UK Government's failure to set out a timetable for joining the euro.
This failure by President Obama is manifested partly in the fact that nothing has happened to renew the Janesville plant as candidate Obama had, in a way, promised.