Same Old from the Nuclear Gang after Fukushima

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Same Old from the Nuclear Gang after Fukushima

Wishful thinking about energy generation has apparently induced both temporary blindness and long-term amnesia.

By Saul Landau and Jack Willis


As the Japanese government continues to extend its nuclear evacuation zone around the Daiichi nuclear complex in Fukushima, the pushers of nuclear power--including President Barack Obama--still demand that Congress approve ever-larger subsidies for new reactors.

Wishful thinking about energy generation has apparently induced both temporary blindness and long-term amnesia about the history of nuclear "mishaps."

In 2009, the government subsidized the nuclear industry with $18.5 billion in loan guarantees, which failed to anticipate the total costs of "the next generation of plants." The Nuclear Energy Institute--the industry's lobbying group--now wants $20 billion more in loan guarantees to get the so-called "nuclear renaissance" underway.

Before ramping up funding for the nuclear gang, lawmakers should look beyond the current catastrophe and into some of the numerous U.S. nuclear accident reports.


http://www.otherwords.org/articles/same_old_from_the_nuclear_gang_after_fukushima


In 60 years of experience, there is no nuclear reactor that provides "cheap, safe or

clean energy" --

Costs of catastrophes are huge --

Costs to the health of citizens is huge --

Costs of WASTE is huge --

In this case, we might be losing the Pacific after having lost the Gulf to BP!!

This is insanity based on capitalism -- and it's time to bury that economic system!!

[valerief]

1. Yes, but it's an easy way for rich people to get richer, and that's the

most important thing in the world.

[truedelphi]

2. K & R. For a while, we were avoiding all cheese, butter and milk.

But once we heard that cesium was being reported by Vermont officials, we went back to our old ways.

Cesium 137 has a half life of thirty years and I can't see going without dairy products and all broad leafed green veggies for that long!

[defendandprotect]

3. I've been buying water in plastic bottles -- ugh! -- and frozen vegetables .....

but lugging water around ain't no fun!

Eventually, nothing you can do about it!!

And that's the point we've reached with this destruction of nature by capitalism!!


Look at this one --

NOAA: Record 312 tornadoes in 24 hours last week


Question is just when is the American public going to wake up and figure out

Global Warming!!