It wasn’t the earthquake or flood that caused the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant to explode and release toxins, it was the subsequent failure of the cooling systems due to the power shutdown.

A new location for the plants has been proposed, and NIMBY  isn’t a problem. They are in the process of designing a nuclear floating platform to put in the ocean miles from the coast and at 100 meter depths. This would diminish all tsunami and earthquake concerns if the platform is far enough away from land. “The biggest selling point is the enhanced safety.” The ocean plants would use the surrounding water in case of an emergency cooling shutdown.

The article only lists advantages to the offshore nuclear plants, but I’m sure there is an equal amount of disadvantages such as transferring the energy to land…what else would dissuade people from investing in this alternative?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140416112956.htm