Nuclear Power is Extremely Safe–That’s the Truth About What We Learned from Japan via Fox News 

 

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Published July 23, 2011

In the midst of a still struggling and fragile global economy, Germany has announced that it will shut down seven nuclear plants by the end of the year–which means that Germans will be left to run their factories, heat their homes, and power their economy with 10% less electrical generating capacity. Nine more plants will be shut down over the next decade and tens of billions of dollars in investment will be lost.

The grounds for this move, and similar proposals in Switzerland, Italy, and other countries, is safety. As the Swiss energy minister put it, “Fukushima showed that the risk of nuclear power is too high.”

In fact, Fukushima showed just the opposite. How’s that? Well for starters, ask yourself what the death toll was at Fukushima. 100? 200? 10? Not true. Try zero.

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One Response to Nuclear Power is Extremely Safe–That’s the Truth About What We Learned from Japan via Fox News 

  1. yukimiyamotodepaul says:

    Fox News….. indeed.

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