Chris Smolinski wrote:

> The anti-nuclear movement has at the core a small group of 
> scientifically illiterate people who oppose nuclear power for 
> ideological reasons. Through a well financed dis-information 
> campaign, they've been able to convince the general public that 
> nuclear energy is dangerous. I still remember a book put out by one 
> of them that claimed that the electricity produced by nuclear power 
> plants was itself radioactive.
> 
> Of course the dismal state of scientific education in the US makes it 
> quite easy for the general public to be manipulated.

Italy, 8th november 1987.
Sadly true.
(side note: if ever French nuke plants would explode, my town would be 
contaminated as well. Of course. But they sell us electricity)

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