Quote - another british publication (economist) mentioned this:

"the fiasco at the Fukushima Dai-ichi has revealed, again, the cosy ties between the nuclear industry and government. Together, they have stifled debate, covered up bungles and made assumptions about risks that were too optimistic."

it occurred to me that's why we have trolls at internet forums - to stifle debate. but they're of no concern in the context of those nuke plant workers whose legs were burned by radioactive seawater because they were only given ankle boots with plastic bags taped over them.

 

LMAO Me, a troll trying to say that nuclear energy is safe? Not a chance, I am one of the most anti-government advocates that you will see. I love my country but I hate the government that runs it. I was simply stating that the talking heads were causing more issues than they needed too. As far as the workers getting burned by the contaminated worker, I think the owners of the facility should be held responsible for not having adiquate safety equipment available for their workers. I firmly believe that better safety precautions should be in place for ALL contingincies no matter where you work. There should have been manual counter measures in place in the event that both primary AND secondary measures are disabled. But in nuclear energy's defense, how many accidents have there been since they started using it? Three maybe four? Now how many oil spills and refinery explosions have there been since the use of fossil fuels? More than I can count. Yeah considering the difference in contamination due to an accident is catistrophic. I still think that our governments are being influenced by the oil industry AND other special interest groups thus preventing the development of clean safe energy.