Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do

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Summary: A Most Important Truth Facing Survival on Earth: Brilliant
Review: "Helen Caldicott as usual is one of the great saviors of our time. What she says here is absolute truth from my personal experience with the nuclear industry as a scientist sent in to measure radiation leakage from nuclear power plants through the 1970's-80's. This is a filthy, lying industry with no redeeming qualities and when the plants become obsolete they cost even more to clean up than they did to build. It's a mess and the cause of much cancers of all kinds world wide. The nuclear power industry is an unneccessary, damnable mess and should never have happened. Wind, water and solar is the way to go. There's no need for this filty, dangerous industry which hasn't figured out how to dispose of its lethal waste. Nothing on earth is filthier and more lethal!... Listen to Dr. Caldicott. She tells truth that is vital as can be!"...

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Summary: Frightening claims in order to sell books!
Review: According to Helen Caldicott, the criteria by which she judges the nuclear power industry to be an evil and destructive influence on society could easily be applied to every major industry that we have. Should we then accept the moral challenge to fight every one of these industries? Obviously not, since this makes up the fabric of our society, for better or for worse! Nuclear power has its risks, like any power source that we have. But then, each of us wants our lights and tv's and stereos without any sacrifice or cost. Ms. Caldicott obviously preys upon the uneducated of our society. And who can blame her?! Her scary, frightening tales of the nuclear industry and their conspiracies sell books! And who can blame her for wanting the money!

My main complaint with the book is the way in which it ties the nuclear industry to the nuclear weapons programs that were shrouded in secrecy during the Cold War (for obviousl national security reasons). These two "industries" are not related. Are nuclear weapons bad and destructive? Of course! Is the nuclear industry going to destroy humanity and kill everyone on the planet? The mere claim is absurd! The nuclear industry is more heavily regulated than just about any other industry we have. And its safety record tops that of any of the heavy industries in America. Even the worst accident in the American nuclear power industry didn't claim a single life. There isn't a single heavy industry that can claim that.

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Summary: Education for the Masses
Review: Everyone in America should read this, and her new book, "The New Nuclear Threat." Dr. Helen Caldicott is one of the most brilliant minds of our time and should be thoroughly thanked for her strength as a human to inform the rest of us about this horrible threat. And to the man who wrote that scaring the "uneducated public" sells books, you obviously don't know anything about Ms. Caldicott, who is fully opposed to capitalism. Shes a socialist, and isn't doing it for the money, shes doing it so you don't die.

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Summary: Nuclear Madness
Review: Great book. Opened up my eyes to the evil that is nuclear power. If you want to know about this dirty industry pick this book up and prepared to be shocked and disgusted!