Happy Anniversary - Three Mile Island

For those of you too young to remember:

The lies that killed people at Three Mile Island 36 years ago on March 28, 1979 are still being told at Chernobyl, Fukushima, Diablo Canyon, Davis-Besse … and at TMI itself.

As the first major reactor accident that was made known to the public is sadly commemorated, and as the global nuclear industry collapses, let’s count just 36 tip-of-the iceberg ways the nuclear industry’s radioactive legacy continues to fester:

www.commondreams.org...

This happend just days after the powerful film "The China Syndrome" premiered (www.imdb.com... and www.rogerebert.com...).

Some of the 36 items listed are:

7. When humans nearby were born with Down’s Syndrome and other mutations, and then adults began dying, the industry denied it, then denied any connection to TMI, but then did pay at least $15 million in out-of-court settlements to affected families on condition they not speak about it in public.

14. Fifteen Soviet-era reactors remain operable in Ukraine, much of which is now a de facto war zone, raising serious doubts about what will happen to them and the rest of the downwind human race.

... including Chernobyl which is still to be contained.

18. The exact whereabouts of the melted cores from Fukushima Units 1, 2 and 3 remain unknown.

29. Public money designated for use by PG&E to upgrade piping systems was diverted to executive bonuses, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Public money you said - tax money to executive bonuses..... rather then safety of the public who paid the taxes.

The list goes on....

www.commondreams.org...

Interesting read.Heh,I was 6 months old when that happened..S&F

I can just about remember it happening, I was 6yrs!, since it first kicked off in Ukraine ive wondered about chenobyl and if anyone is sick and stupid enough to direct a strike or plant some device near chenobyl. That would be the mother of all dirty bombs.
S&F.
All the best
B. V. H. a reply to: FyreByrd

a reply to: greydaze

that is an incredible list in that article....