In recent decades the operators at Sellafield has tossed more than 500 kg of plutonium into the sea through pipelines that are only visible from the air and the operators of these companies argue this is land-based disposal and it has been approved by the governing authorities. What does the nuclear industry gain from this? Well that is easy, the waste pipelines are hidden from public eye so no more negative press, after all if we cannot see it, it isn’t really there.
The unethical practice does stop there. Even though the Fukushima disaster was caused by natural forces, the Japanese government has sadly taken the more questionable ethical path in dealing with its people and the rest of the world. They have done this by first going so far as to increase the peoples limit for radiation …show more content…
Of course, there is the nuclear lobbyists who will use its financial, political, and media muscle to make situations like the Fukushima nuclear disaster fade out of public consciousness. To try and gain support in the public eye they admit that high doses of radiation are bad and are now going to perpetrate the deception that low doses of ionizing radiation are OK, even beneficial. The industry put into practice programs like cap and trade, which do nothing more than move amounts of pollution around a bit while doing absolute minimum to actually reduce the problem. Why does the nuclear industry, political parties and lobby perpetrate these lies? Well, they don’t want their industry to close down and they are impervious to thoughts about contaminated food sources, dying oceans, deformed babies and
The unethical practice does stop there. Even though the Fukushima disaster was caused by natural forces, the Japanese government has sadly taken the more questionable ethical path in dealing with its people and the rest of the world. They have done this by first going so far as to increase the peoples limit for radiation …show more content…
Of course, there is the nuclear lobbyists who will use its financial, political, and media muscle to make situations like the Fukushima nuclear disaster fade out of public consciousness. To try and gain support in the public eye they admit that high doses of radiation are bad and are now going to perpetrate the deception that low doses of ionizing radiation are OK, even beneficial. The industry put into practice programs like cap and trade, which do nothing more than move amounts of pollution around a bit while doing absolute minimum to actually reduce the problem. Why does the nuclear industry, political parties and lobby perpetrate these lies? Well, they don’t want their industry to close down and they are impervious to thoughts about contaminated food sources, dying oceans, deformed babies and