From our partners at Climate Change Resources comes a new expert insight examining the myth that nuclear power is dangerous.
"The energy source being vastly underemployed is nuclear. And the myth that stands in the way, so widely accepted as truth, is that “nuclear power is dangerous.”
The acceptance of this four-word declarative statement as truth is pretty widespread. People’s fears about nuclear energy emerged in the 1970’s due to misinformation and media exacerbation of a small number of “nuclear incidents.” This misinformation manifests itself in two main topics of debate regarding nuclear energy: citing the “nuclear incidents” that have occurred and questioning the waste produced by nuclear power plants."
