It has taken the country four decades to recover from the media’s terrorizing the public about a nuclear plant disaster.
The last time I discussed nuclear power, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission had just approved the construction of the country’s first fourth-generation nuclear reactor.
This is a very positive step in providing reliable energy to Americans that is also cost-effective.
I am happy to report that it appears the nation is beginning to recover from nuclear-phobia, which was brought on in large part by how the media portrayed the incident at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania.
As a reminder, in 1979, the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant’s cooling malfunction caused part of the core to melt in the #2 reactor, which was destroyed. A couple of days after the accident, some radioactive gas was released, but not enough to cause any dose above background levels to local residents.
However, government miscommunication and media …