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GEORGE MONBIOT: Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power. You will not be surp?

By Glenn Reynolds

GEORGE MONBIOT: Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power.

You will not be surprised to hear that the events in Japan have changed my view of nuclear power. You will be surprised to hear how they have changed it. As a result of the disaster at Fukushima, I am no longer nuclear-neutral. I now support the technology.

A crappy old plant with inadequate safety features was hit by a monster earthquake and a vast tsunami. The electricity supply failed, knocking out the cooling system. The reactors began to explode and melt down. The disaster exposed a familiar legacy of poor design and corner-cutting. Yet, as far as we know, no one has yet received a lethal dose of radiation.

Reader Doug Levene writes: “What is the world coming to? Even an old lefty like Monbiot can see that the Fukushima disaster was, well, not a disaster.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 22, 2011 (boomark / email).