We assume nothing will go wrong,
we were promised that nothing would go wrong. The promises are
hollow, the evacuation plans are paper. How could we evacuate New
York City in an emergency? We can't and we are ignoring that there
aren't enough lifeboats on this nuclear Titanic. We trust that the
Captains know what they're doing and so we trust that those
pressured or bullied or worried about their jobs and retirement to
make the correct choices for us about decisions which could affect
the lives of millions.
Can we be so blithe as to believe that
it can't happen here? A country where nuclear power plant workers
are trained by their for profit employers? A country where government
actively pursues breaking down workers rights to put in place
autocratic management? A country with an aging fleet of first
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