je.st
news
Japan: Fukushima and institutional invisibility of nuclear disaster
2014-12-20 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: The nuclear industry and its supporters have contrived a variety of narratives to justify and explain away nuclear catastrophes, writes John Downer. None of them actually hold water, yet they serve their purpose - to command political and media heights, and reassure public sentiment on 'safety'. But if it's so safe, why the low limits on nuclear liabilities? In a truly competitive marketplace, unfettered by subsidies, no one would have built a nuclear reactor in the past, no one would build one...
Tags: japan
institutional
nuclear
disaster
Category:Electronics and Electrical