Revealed: British government's plan to play down Fukushima
British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations strategy to play down the Fukushima nuclear accident just two days after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and before the extent of the radiation leak was known.
Internal emails seen by the Guardian show how the business and energy departments worked closely behind the scenes with the multinational companies EDF Energy, Areva and Westinghouse to try to ensure the accident did not derail their plans for a new generation of nuclear stations in the UK.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/30/british-government-pla...
From the same
From the same newspaper
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/21/pro-nuclear-japan-fu...
Ya think this guy had a direct line to the government/industry?
Also linked here
http://bnrc.berkeley.edu/latest/why-fukushima-made-me-stop-worrying-and-...
Hmmmmm???
good links. I'm so angry and
good links.
I'm so angry and outraged! You know this happened here too.
And there is absolutely nothing we can do. Think about it.
All we have left in the US is a broken down ugly illusion of freedom.
Wave them flags this weekend! 3 cheers for the Red, all right. Don't know about the white, but I sure am blue.
Told ya
small comfort, but slightly satisfying in a depressing way
very sad but true. Many have
very sad but true. Many have been warning about this, but most would not - and still won't - listen.
There are none so blind as those who will not see.
Link to the emails
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2011/jun/30/email-nucl...
and who among us is naive
and who among us is naive enough to believe this did not happen in the US also? That's why so many of us - in the US, GB, etc - have been scratching our heads at lack of investigation and coverage.