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(Disclaimer: I am employed as a service provider to the nuclear indistry in Ontario)
I am not sure in the US, but I dont think any reactors in Canada are built on any ocean . (Don't actually know of any in the US eaither)
As for fault lines, isn't everything built on a fault line of some kind? As far as I know any reactors in Canada and the US are built to withstand any magnitude earthquake that has ever hit North America.
Japan's reactor failed due to the tsunami taking out the backup generators for their cooling systems. As long as you are not vunerable to a tsunami, your backups will all work.
The Japanese reactor's design was also 40 years old, and from reports coming out; due to be mothballed.
As well, it's design apparently uses a much higher fuel to water ratio than other deisgns. The CANDUS use low fuel \high water. All in Ontario are built on the great lakes so no tsunami threat.
Ontario reactors are on a very minor fault line. The minor earthquake tremors Ontario suffered recently were calculated as being in the thousands of times less than the one that hit Japan.
I live between the Pickering and Darlington reactor sites and have no concerns for my families' safety.
I also work in an office that can clearly see reactors.
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