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Warts and all, perhaps USA should be congratulated about nuclear issues?

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Yeah – I know that USA media is full of pro nuclear government and corporate spin .

But – at least the USA talks about nuclear issues.  Today, I’m fascinated that Massachusetts is giving citizens a calendar about what to do in  a nuclear emergency.  Never mind that it all wouldn’t really work –  the point is that Americans even bother to raise the subject.

Other countries don’t seem to.  China is the biggest worry. Notorious now for its secrecy, bureaucratic corruption, discrimination against ethnic rural minorities –  China now propses to reprocess nuclear fuel for a battery of new nuclear reactors.  Do they care about the effects of the wastes – wherever they dump them? Do they care about proliferation risks?

At least the USA tries.  But they’re going to need to try harder, all the same. This pathetic new Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future – still promoting new nuclear when they’ve no idea what to do with the wastes!

A dream for 2011  – that USA media has the guts to  faces up to the reality of the nuclear problem – and move beyond government and corporate media releases.- Christina Macpherson

January 4, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes