I think that the nuclear risk may be hugely exaggerated. It's a huge and expensive mess but I don't think it is fair to say the Japanese government is in denial. Have they said anything you think is false, or failed to take necessary action?
I happen to think that a rational approach to nuclear power involves a cost benefit analysis that makes certain types of accidents inevitable, and that accepting those risks is both appropriate and consistent with how other risks are handled. It is singling out nuclear power as a special case which leads to greater harm, either by shifting to other, less visible and mediagenic risks, or by impairing the ability to manage risk within the nuclear industry itself.
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Date: 2011-03-16 08:27 pm (UTC)I think that the nuclear risk may be hugely exaggerated. It's a huge and expensive mess but I don't think it is fair to say the Japanese government is in denial. Have they said anything you think is false, or failed to take necessary action?
I happen to think that a rational approach to nuclear power involves a cost benefit analysis that makes certain types of accidents inevitable, and that accepting those risks is both appropriate and consistent with how other risks are handled. It is singling out nuclear power as a special case which leads to greater harm, either by shifting to other, less visible and mediagenic risks, or by impairing the ability to manage risk within the nuclear industry itself.