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In reply to the discussion: So it turns out that nadinbrzezinski was correct re Fukushima [View all]Cleita
(75,480 posts)effective. I live downwind from the El Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. PG & E, who operates the plant has been very effective in promoting their BS. I find myself talking to a brick wall every time I try to engage a resident in a conversation about the real dangers of the plant because the residents here have been so effectively brainwashed. The plant has hired it's own scientists to peddle their palaver that is opposite what non-aligned scientists are saying. They contribute to civic projects and schools so that it further erodes any opposition.
Yet, it sits on three earthquake faults in a state famous for earthquakes and the frackers are making progress in trying to move in by buying Tea Bagger politicians in local government offices. The plant is not built to withstand an 8 magnitude quake, yet it sit right next to the Pacific Ocean and less than a hundred miles from the bread basket of Americq, the San Joaquin Valley.