tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post3945065847127229542..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Getting Ready for the Trial: Entergy Withdraws Email RequestMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-15270506397529744032011-08-02T07:56:08.954-04:002011-08-02T07:56:08.954-04:00Over the years, and in particular, in the last cou...Over the years, and in particular, in the last couple of years, as I've been trying to learn about the *truth* about the hazards and opportunities of nuclear power, I've made an observation:<br /><br />It seems to me most anti-nuclear politicians and activists, just don't have a very strong commitment to truth. That's not to say they are all *liars*. There's a bit of a distinction to be made here - it's simply that they take a very small piece of the truth, and "run away" with it, instead of trying to delve in deeper and understand the *whole* truth.<br /><br />Small quantities of weakly radioactive tritium, and a small quantity of strontium in a tiny parcel of soil on the plant property become a massive leak of "highly radioactive material".<br /><br />The mentality of these people seems to be "nuclear material is radiaoactive; radiation in some cases can be dangerous in high quantities; I don't want to learn any more than that - that's all I need to know to say that nuclear power just is 'too dangerous'."<br /><br />I live in the real world, where it seems to me the truth is often complicated, and nuanced, and if you have a real commitment to truth, you try not to blow things way out of proportion, but to look at them as they really are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com