The Nuclear Industry Safety Illusion

In the wake of the Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe and the Global Conspiracy of Silence, it's time to re-consider those Nuclear Disasters that pre-dated Fukushima, specifically Three Mile Island and the secrecy that surrounded it.

In 2009, Sue Sturgis offered a lengthy article, published by the Institute for Southern Studies, excerpt below.

Much as with other propaganda, many well-educated friends have assured me 'Nuclear is safe!' because that's what they've been told

Is it?

The article below is worth reading. 



Investigation: Revelations about Three Mile Island disaster raise doubts over nuclear plant safety



Today, his story about what he witnessed at Three Mile Island is being brought to the public in detail for the first time -- and his version of what happened during that time, supported by a growing body of other scientific evidence, contradicts the official U.S. government story that the Three Mile Island accident posed no threat to the public.

"What happened at TMI was a whole lot worse than what has been reported," Randall Thompson told Facing South. "Hundreds of times worse."

Thompson and his wife, Joy, a nuclear health physicist who also worked at TMI in the disaster's aftermath, claim that what they witnessed there was a public health tragedy. The Thompsons also warn that the government's failure to acknowledge the full scope of the disaster is leading officials to underestimate the risks posed by a new generation of nuclear power plants.

While new reactor construction ground to a halt after the 1979 incident, state leaders and energy executives today are pushing for a nuclear energy revival that's centered in the South, where 12 of the 17 facilities seeking new reactors are located.

Fundamental to the industry's case for expansion is the claim that history proves nuclear power is clean and safe -- a claim on which the Thompsons and others, bolstered by startling new evidence, are casting doubt.


http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/04/post-4.html