Nuclear Industry: Pay No Attention to the Potential Meltdown Behind the Curtain [View All]

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Nuclear Industry: Pay No Attention to the Potential Meltdown Behind the Curtain
By: David Dayen Monday March 14, 2011 9:10 am

.........The nuclear industry’s spin.

The most striking claim made by NEI spokesman Mitchell Singer: Americans should be “reassured” by the crisis unfolding in Japan.

“There hasn’t been any significant release of radiation. So obviously they must be doing something right at this point,” said Singer. While acknowledging that the crisis is still in early stages, Singer argued in our interview, and earlier to the Wall Street Journal, that Americans should be reassured because the industry will learn from the accidents in Japan, where fail-safe systems have themselves failed.

“We share what’s known as ‘lessons learned’ from incidents such as this,” he said.
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/13/nuclear_industry_response/index.html

Well, that’s reassuring.

the rest:
http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/03/14/nuclear-industry-pay-no-attention-to-the-potential-meltdown-behind-the-curtain/



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