CENSORED IN 1978: NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS–ATOMIC LEMONS
Business, Daily Journal (Opinion), Deja Vu, Green, Lifestyle, World NewsMar 17, 2011CENSORED IN 1978:
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS — ATOMIC LEMONS
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a national public interest group, has for years been trying to tell the story of nuclear hazards to the American public with little success.
Last year, the UCS released a report titled “Scientists’ Group Judges Federal Nuclear Safety Inspection Effort” which received little coverage.
The report criticized the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) failure to be a tough inspector of nuclear power pants. UCS spokesman Robert D. Pollard said “Nuclear power plants are inherently hazardous. Irrespective of how safe reactors are in theory, federal inspectors cannot be sure they are built and