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Your point would have been better made with a link: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160310-fukushima-anniversary-photos/ http://news.nationalgeograph
by wrsh07 11y ago
Your point would have been better made with a link: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160310-fukushima-anniversary-photos/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160310-fukushima-...
I'd love to have numbers, like is it 100km^2?
I looked but couldn't find any sources backing up your claim about geiger counter scandals, so my only advice is to be skeptical of things you read on both sides.
Of course it's dumb to ignore warnings that nuclear power plants can cause massive amounts of damage, but there are also over 400 active nuclear reactors.
- emodendroket 11y agoAmong other accusations: " The workers’ dosimeter badges, meanwhile, used to measure an individual’s exposure to radiation, could be easily manipulated to give false readings. According to Suzuki, tricks like pinning a badge on backwards, or putting it in your sock, were commonplace. Regular workers were given dosimeters which would sound an alarm when radiation exceeded safe levels, but it made such a racket that, says Suzuki, “people just turned them off or over and kept working.”" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-in/9084151/How-the-Yakuza-went-nuclear.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/japan-e...