Happy New Year

We are approaching the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in April and it seems that a large percentage of the world has forgotten about it completely. Or, if they haven't forgotten, they've at least decided it wasn't nearly as bad as everyone thought it would be. Apparently irradiated produce, children suffering from cancer and uncountable other costs aren't major issues. Where do I get this idea? Perhaps from the fact that 80% of Swedes, about half of the British and obviously those in power in the United States all seem to support nuclear energy as a clean, cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels.

Here's an older article from the BBC that has a lot of really good points on both sides of the debate.