[Attachment(s) from AH included below] Effective image: Fukushima nuclear plume superimposed on Pilgrim nuclear reactor: ... on the Cape Downwinders home page, it can be distributed simply by providing this link http://capedownwinders.org/grc/PilgrimFukushimaMapSm.png. Also, there's a considerably larger version (45" sq.) which is too large a file to email, but it's available here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4182770/PilgrimFukushimaMap_Orig.pdf On[nuclear power] plants: Perhaps you've heard of the cognitive linguist George Lakoff and his work on framing (his short book Don't Think of an Elephant is well worth the read). When we refer to a nuclear power station as a "plant", we're using and supporting the Nuclear Energy Institute's "frame". Many plants are beautiful, and all plants support life by absorbing carbon dioxide, releasing oxygen, and providing nutrients for the web of life. A nuclear power station is a "nuclear reactor" or an "atomic reactor".This accurate terminology may rightfully inspire fear - because unlike plants, reactors release many radionuclides (sometimes even plutonium) which cause disease, mutations, birth defects and death far into the future. >Speaking about radioactive fallout, the late President John F. Kennedy said on >July 26, 1963 upon signing the ban on above ground nuclear tests, "The number >of children and grandchildren with cancer in their bones, with leukemia in >their blood, or with poison in their lungs might seem statistically small to >some in comparison with natural health hazards. But this is not a natural >health hazard and it is not a statistical issue. The loss of even one human >life, or the malformation of even one baby who may be born long after we are >gone should be of concern to us all. Our children and grandchilden are not >merely statistics toward which we can be indifferent." >-- > > >Hattie Nestel >[email protected] > > > > > > >
