Altogether, my colleagues and I spent about two weeks in communities with nuclear power plants asking questions, getting opinions and weighing the facts as part of our multimedia journalism project, News21's Powering a Nation.
I still didn't know how I felt about nuclear power. The good things seemed really good, and the bad things seemed really bad.
In order to gain a better perspective on the nuclear issue, we decided that we needed to see the inner workings of a plant for ourselves.
We were very lucky to be offered an opportunity to tour Entergy Nuclear's Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. Director of Communications Larry Smith, the plant's official tour guide, agreed to show us around.