Archive for March 12th, 2011
March 12, 2011
Since yesterday evening, precisely since this morning, we know that two, if not five reactors after the earthquake in Japan threatens a meltdown - with all the consequences of a meltdown, which could make the previously destroyed in the shade. With all due sympathy for the people living there yet one wonders how the island nation could ever come up with the idea to build so many nuclear power plants in this earthquake-prone region - where a major disaster could be only a matter of time yet! Why tempt fate in this way?
Expected spread of the tsunami that hit Japan in particular (Picture: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Ironically, Japan, one comes to mind, but that had to experience the destructive force of nuclear energy around 65 years ago! And apparently nothing learned from it. Worse: Read this story »
