Re: FW: NORM

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>]

> We need to understand this.  Something isn't right.



Mark, you're right.



My opinion is that the reason we have these very problems with nuclear power, 

compared to the fine example you provided is simply this ... fear of the unknown. The 

general public does not understand nuclear power. They do understand hamburgers 

and actions taken to prevent under-cooking. They understand tylenol, and actions 

taken to prevent tampering. What we understand, what we perceive, is what makes 

us accept, or reject. The term "nuclear" is simply too technical, and any attribute 

related to it, also becomes a factor that is also not understood.



When the industry had opportunities to explain nuclear power and how it worked, 

over the decades, the opinion was, they don't need to know, they won't understand. It 

is this very condescending attitude that has put us in the defensive posture we are in 

today. As a matter of fact, that attitude still exists here on Radsafe. We see it 

everyday.

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