Address Mistrust, Scientists Urge Nuclear Panel

[Dogmudgeon]

More on the article in Science.

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/address-mistrust-scientists-urge-nuclear-panel/?src=twt&twt=nytimesgreen">Address Mistrust, Scientists Urge Nuclear Panel
By Leslie Kaufman, NYTimes GreenBlog
August 13, 2010, 8:33 am

Across the globe, nuclear power is experiencing a bit of a renaissance.

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“While scientific and technical analyses are essential, they will not and arguably should not carry the day unless they address, substantively and procedurally, the issues that concern the public,” the authors write in a policy paper in Friday’s issue.

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/address-mistrust-scientists-urge-nuclear-panel/?src=twt&twt=nytimesgreen">Complete, short article in NY Times GreenBlog.

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[leveymg]

1. Address this concern:

We don't trust you.

[madokie]

2. I doubt the nuclear power industry will ever gain the trust of the people

something about when first you set out to deceive that kinda screwed them. There was a conscious decision made early on by the fledgling industry to mislead us as to the dangers and many of us older people are well aware of this even to today. I have to admit that we're getting old and will be dying off but as long as I'm drawing a breath I will not trust them to be honest with me.