Mad Science: The Nuclear Power Experiment
Will Americans once again play nuclear roulette? Just one year after the Fukushima meltdown, all 54 reactors in Japan have been closed, and may never be restarted Germany recently closed several reactors, and will shutter them all within a decade Italy revoked its pledge to build new reactors, keeping that nation nuclear-free All these decisions are based on the understanding that reactors are extremely dangerous and expensive In the U S , the remnants of the once-overwhelmingly powerful nuclear lobby are making their last stand for “clean” nuclear energy The sixty-year-old vision of power “too cheap to meter” (words originally uttered by a banker promoting the industry) is back While other countries end their reliance on nuclear energy, Americans contemplate its revival, even as existing reactors, which produce a fifth of U S electricity, pass retirement age and are corroding In Mad Science, Joseph Mangano strips away the near-smothering layers of distortions and outright lies that permeate the massive propaganda campaigns on behalf of nuclear energy He explores the history of the industry, with its origins in the Manhattan Project, through its heightening promotion during the Cold War and its entwinement with nuclear weapons Mad Science includes an account of nuclear accidents and meltdowns and their consequences, from Chernobyl to Santa Susana and beyond; as well as a point-by-point refutation of pro-nuke arguments Atomic energy is unsafe – it deals with staggeringly poisonous substances at every stage of its creation – un-economical in the extreme and impractical
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