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Unlike traditional peekaboo, nuclear peekaboo is a most deadly game.

The nuclear industry, and those who are pro-nuclear, seem to not have evolved out of the infant stage where there is no understanding of object permanence, which is why peekaboo works: “Object permanence is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be observed (seen, heard, touched, smelled or sensed in any way).” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peekaboo

The nuclear industry is constantly adding dangerous radionuclides into the environment. Even relatively short-lived radionuclides like tritium will be in the environment for well over a 100 years. Others will be in the environment for hundreds, thousands, and even millions of years. The nuclear industry legally flushes radionuclides into air and water. Whether it stays nearby or goes someplace else, it is ever building up in the environment. For instance, if 1 mSv is allowed into an individual’s environment each year…