Deadly Cocktail

Lies and Deception can be a deadly mix when it comes to the nuclear energy business. And when something really bad ends up happening we don't get "do overs".

This is why it is important for each and every one of us to keep ourselves informed on what is going on. This isn't  Las Vegas - what happens within an nuclear power plant can't be guaranteed to stay within that power plant.

• FUKUOKA (Kyodo) — Radiation dosages 47 times higher than acceptance levels have been detected from vitrified radioactive waste at a storage facility in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, Kyushu Electric Power Co. said Thursday.

• From Rolling Stone, America’s Nuclear Nightmare
  

  The NRC has long served as little more than a lap dog to the nuclear industry, unwilling to crack down on unsafe reactors. “The agency is a wholly owned subsidiary of the nuclear power industry,” says Victor Gilinsky, who served on the commission during the Three Mile Island meltdown in 1979.

  Even President Obama denounced the NRC during the 2008 campaign, calling it a “moribund agency that needs to be revamped and has become captive of the industries that it regulates.”

  In the years ahead, nuclear experts warn, the consequences of the agency’s inaction could be dire. “The NRC has consistently put industry profits above public safety,” says Arnie Gundersen, a former nuclear executive turned whistle-blower. “Consequently, we have a dozen Fukushimas waiting to happen in America.”