51 Sailors from USS Ronald Reagan Suffering Thyroid Cancer, Leukemia, Brain Tumors

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22. Where are the defenders of nuclear power?

In the aftermath of the Fukushima meltdown, we were treated to endless posts about how the radioactivity released wasn't so bad, it would be dissipated and diluted very quickly, the amount of radiation was negligible, no threat to human life, and on and on. News sources that documented Tepco's lies and the elevated radiation were summarily dismissed.

Where are you, defenders? Care to tell us how those sailors are faking it, they weren't exposed to all that much radiation, there's some other explanation? Not even a post to tell us how low the thyroid cancer rate is lower than other selected selective places? Or how Fukushima isn't a serious event yet? Are anti-nuke folks still a fearful, ignorant and superstitious bunch? Do we need some perspective to cure us of our panic, because the long-term health effects are greatly exaggerated? Won't one of you step up to blow away the cloud of scaremongering?

Hello? Will nobody tell us again how benign and safe nuclear power is?