Dateline NBC TMI special

[jbell <jbell@ADCOSERVICES.COM>]

Kind of curious if anybody saw the scathing report on the Three Mile

Island incident aired last night by Dateline on NBC. I tuned in a little

late but what I got out of it, the main person being interviewed by the

commentator, their "expert" if you will, was none other than the man who

wrote the screen play for the movie "The China Syndrome". The gist of

the show was that TMI was basically 30 minutes from meltdown at one

point and could have even exploded spewing "deadly radioactive debris"

over a 10 mile radius around the plant. It was even mentioned at one

point by one of the so called experts that there probably wouldn't be

anybody killed beyond the 10 mile radius. The show made the folks at Met

Edison look like criminals, the NRC look inept, the media champions of

justice, (as usual), and the State government officials poor uniformed

"mushrooms". This show made Chernoybl look like a day at the park

compared to TMI!



I find the timing of this show interesting. Now that President Bush has

at least acknowledged that nuclear power should play a part in our

overall energy program, a 1 hour special is broadcast basically trying

to scare the American people back into submission regarding nuclear

energy. Without a doubt the anti-nucs have the ear of  the media and

have once again got their message across. I would venture to say that

the 59% in favor of building new nuclear power plants that a recent poll

showed, has probably once again dropped below that all important 50%

mark. It's just a shame that one-sided programs like this are allowed to

air on national TV and we in the nuclear industry have to "grin and bear

it".



Comments?



Jim Bell

Adco Services, Inc.



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