tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post5116554365861953302..comments2024-02-16T17:52:44.944-06:00Comments on The Nuclear Green Revolution: Nuclear Accidents and Public Perception of Nuclear SafetyCharles Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-23549064640781177132011-03-25T21:03:32.682-05:002011-03-25T21:03:32.682-05:00It behooves the nuclear industry -- or most anyone...It behooves the nuclear industry -- or most anyone related to the technology which can be impacted by public fear and a biased media, to get out a "Carl Sagan" of nuclear energy to assauge the frets and correct the exaggerated spectulations and outright malicious information out there. The "dark mystery" of nuclear energy must be spelled out to the public like yesterday and repeatedly without stop because the passionate detracters won't.jimwghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06964988758509076556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-71894460659344650642011-03-25T16:53:52.755-05:002011-03-25T16:53:52.755-05:00True, Fukishma is not over, but lets face it - in ...True, Fukishma is not over, but lets face it - in reality it is a mere sideshow of the real Japanese catastrophe. For some to proclaim that it is some form of catastrophe in its own right (as yet no one has died and very few have been hospitalised) is patently ridiculous.<br /><br />It is without doubt a very costly difficulty for an old fashioned nuclear plant that should have been replaced years ago. But this pales into insignificance compared to the utter devastation surrounding it due to the earthquake/tsunami. It is regrettably somehow "glamorous" for reporters, to scaremonger about Fukishima while ignoring the "boring" catastrophe that has so far cost 25,000 lives.<br /><br />I gather that, due to the severity of the real catastrophe, the infrastructure damage to water supply/gas/sewage/petro/chemical plants has not even been fully assessed. God knows what they are spewing out into the environment. But whatever that is, it does not have the "panic sticker" labelled radiation attached to it - so nobody cares, when they really should. <br /><br />Unnoticed or ignored, - the death toll from Bhopal continues to rise, yet no-one suggests we shut down our chemical plants or stop building any more "just in case". <br /><br />The final death toll from the Banquiao Hydro distater reached 250,000 (yes 1/4 million) yet we do not shut down our hydro "just in case". Hey. Lets have a nightmare. Think of a hydro dam in the USA or Europe (any dam will do). If it failed how many dead? How much destruction? So why not shut down all the hydro -"just in case". After all, it happened at Banquiao.<br /><br />People are being scared silly by a stupid, arrogant and ill informed media. As a result, nobody really knows what they fear. But it must be bad, because the press say so. <br /><br />In the UK we have reached a stage where people are coating their kids in total sun-block all year round because they fear the bogey of solar "radiation". These kids are being hospitalised with Ricketts because they are not getting any sunlight/vitamin D. How sad is that.<br /><br />I am outraged when I read an ill-informed Californian blog talking about a "Cloud" of radiation heading for the West coast from Fukishima (Panic! Fear! Panic! Fear!). Two drops of water do not make a cloud and the amount of radioactive material or anything else from Fukishma getting to California is going to be considerably less than two drops, if anything at all.<br /><br />Sorry to sound so angry. But I am. Not at you, or your even handedness. But I am angry at ill informed sheep who blindly follow the scare stories pedalled to them without question, and then express their mock outrage. We risk losing the only truly effective carbon neutral power source we have, as hysterical and inaccurate reporting taints the public's viewpoint. If we continue with this hysteria and abandon modern nuclear then the lights really will go out, not only for us but our children as well.BilloTheWisphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16221663524948086557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-85886270760895961072011-03-25T13:50:13.692-05:002011-03-25T13:50:13.692-05:00David, I did not wish to imply that it is over, R...David, I did not wish to imply that it is over, Rather I am drawing some conclusions regarding things we have already learned from the accident. The learning process will, no doubt, go on for months and even years into the future.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-88619824195282064422011-03-25T10:09:15.267-05:002011-03-25T10:09:15.267-05:00Stop using the past tense, Fukushima is NOT over.Stop using the past tense, Fukushima is NOT over.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00989098653955627380noreply@blogger.com