“The Fukushima disaster is not over and will not end for many millennia. The radioactive fallout, which has covered vast swaths of Japan, will remain toxic for hundreds of thousands of years. It cannot simply be ‘cleaned up,’ and it will continue to contaminate food, humans, and animals.”
"Massive quantities of radiation escaped into the air and water: three times more noble gases (argon, xenon, and krypton) than at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident in 1986, and huge amounts of other volatile and nonvolatile radioactive elements, including cesium, tritium, iodine, strontium, ...more
I wonder how ignorant are we about the dangers of nuclear power? I wonder how crazy are we for using such a power recklessly? I wonder how greedy are we to endanger the future generations for transient benefits? I wonder what will be with the radioactive trash!! I wonder!! Thank you Helen Caldicott for t ...more
What this book tells us: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SAFE NUCLEAR POWER
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“The Fukushima disaster is not over and will not end for many millennia. The radioactive fallout [or release], which has covered vast swaths of Japan, will remain toxic for hundreds of thousands of years. It cannot si...more
Overall pretty decent, I don't think someone who is pro-nuclear will come out of this completely against the practice (especially if put up against fossil fuel use and renewable's short & medium-term limitations). As a collection of writings from various authors, the work doesn't have much of a flow ...more
it's a fierce anti-nuclear argument. primarily composed of essays by nuclear specialists and even former PM of Japan, Naoto Kan. some of the information gets complicated, especially when the book talks about specifics in nuclear technology but with a little googling, the information is not too far o ...more