John Slater examines 50 years of radiation in the United States.
2: The Voices in the Nuclear
Wilderness. Electricity too cheap to meter, atoms for peace, the prospect of atomic aeroplanes: most
Americans were swept along on the nuclear wave. The moral certainties of the Cold War stopped the questions that should have been asked. Nuclear power in the US sank in the early 70s under the weight of its own cost, but it was only ten years ago that a few brave voices began to challenge the absolute power of the nuclear military, asking questions about plant safety, accidents and leakages, and where the waste would be stored.
A Pier Black Hill production