Please join me in writing to the Washington Post about their traitorous
handling of the disaster at Fukushima.
May God help us all.
Hajja Romi/"Blue"
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THE BEYOND NUCLEAR BULLETIN
Washington Post calls Fukushima “non-catastrophic”!
The editorial board needs to hear from you!
We’re outraged. And we expect you were, too. On April 23, 2012, the Washington
Post editorial board writers callously dismissed the Fukushima nuclear disaster
as “non-catastrophic.”
They eagerly promoted nuclear power while omitting inconvenient deal-breakers
such as cost, waste, safety, health risks and human rights. The paper taunted
Germany and Japan - and the anti-nuclear movement - for looking to renewables
but misrepresented Germany’s successes. And they utterly ignored those who have
already paid the price for the nuclear fuel chain, like indigenous uranium
miners, and its newest victims, the children of Japan whose future has been
stolen. You can review the original editorial here.
Let’s tell the Washington Post what we think about their shoddy editorial!
We rebutted a few of their points below. A longer rebuttal document is on our
website. Please use these mythbusters to send the editorial board sacks of
old-fashioned mail! Write to The Washington Post, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington,
DC 20071-0001. Or email or call editorial page editor, Fred Hiatt at
[email protected] or 202-334-7281. You can also contact the Ombudsman,
Patrick Pexton, at [email protected].
Here are some of the WP myths and our responses:
WP: The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was “scary but ultimately
non-catastrophic.”
FACT: Minimizing the still unfolding consequences of the Fukushima nuclear
disaster and dismissing it as “non-catastrophic” is reprehensible and
irresponsible. Radioactive contamination is widespread and growing. In fact,
the accident is not even over, yet. Thousands are already suffering and
countless more will sicken and die prematurely as a result of their exposure to
the Fukushima radiation. A 20km (12.4 mile) area around the stricken reactors
will remain a “dead zone” for decades and potentially centuries. It is hard to
know what more the Post editorial writers need to qualify as “catastrophic.”
WP: Nuclear power “is the only proven source of low-emissions ‘baseload’ power.”
FACT: In many regions, peak wind and solar production match up well with peak
electricity demand. Numerous regional and global case studies have provided
plausible plans to meet 100% of energy demand with energy efficiency and
renewable sources.
WP: Germany and Japan are “giving up all of that guaranteed, low-carbon
electricity generation in an anti-nuclear frenzy.”
FACT: Far from “guaranteed,” the Fukushima reactors became a liability when
they were needed most, worsening an already catastrophic situation. And far
from in a “frenzy”, Germany has already revitalized home-grown industries like
steel and has more people working in the renewable sector (370,000) than in the
nuclear (30,000) and coal industries (20,000) combined.
WP MYTH: “Japan could still reduce carbon emissions by 25 percent of its 1990
levels by 2030 without nuclear power. Yet even if that’s true, it’s hardly a
reason to let all of that existing nuclear infrastructure and know-how go to
waste.”
FACT: The nuclear industry has always been in the waste business - unmanaged
radioactive waste. Since December 2, 1942, when scientists created the world’s
first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, the industry’s entire
infrastructure has gone to waste: here in the U.S. it has produced more than
67,000 metric tons of irradiated nuclear fuel - and at least another 10,000
metric tons of radioactive waste from nuclear weapons - with nowhere to go.
Read the rest of our responses to the Washington Post editorial here.
Thank you for taking action! And if you like what we do and can support our
work, please make an online donation today or mail your gift to: Beyond
Nuclear, 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 400, Takoma Park, MD 20912.
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