Nuclear Bloggers Discuss the Fukushima Accident

Rod Adams hosted five other pro-nuclear folks on his Atomic show to discuss the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The guests on the show include:

Meredith Angwin who blogs at Yes Vermont Yankee
Gwyneth Cravens, the author of Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy
Suzy Hobbs, Director of PopAtomic Studios
Margaret Harding, owner, 4 Factor Consulting
Dan Yurman, who blogs at Idaho Samizdat and is a consultant with the American Nuclear Society for its Outreach Program and the ANS Nuclear Cafe blog

Stop by to hear about their experiences from last week and thoughts about the accident.

As well, be sure to check out Brave New Climate which has been following the events all week and has an open discussion thread for today that’s up to 90 plus comments.

Comments

Anonymous said…

You can't make a nuclear plant perfectly safe, only safer. Accidents will happen, and the real solution is providing better protection then FEMA telling people to duct tape and use plastic sheets to seal themselves in a room.

There is a tested and patented technology that would provide complete protection, only the Feds and industry isn't paying attention to its inventor and helping fund his product to production:

http://www.rbcshield.com

Nuclear technology isn't going away anytime, and neither is the limit to what we can anticipate.

People need to demand these tiles be made available for purchase so they can protect themselves from the aftermath of radiological, biological, or chemical accidents or attacks.

It only makes sense.

March 21, 2011 at 2:57 PM

Anonymous said…

Does your company make these tiles?

March 22, 2011 at 1:09 PM

David Bradish said…

NEI doesn't make these tiles, the first comment is borderline spam but somewhat applicable.

March 22, 2011 at 1:15 PM

Anonymous said…

Thank you David. my question was directed to the poster on the tiles, not to NEI.

March 23, 2011 at 11:34 AM

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