Is Boeing Helping the Feds Cover Up the Worst Nuke Disaster in US History?

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20. The video suggests the government used to be more transparent

Today, the perception of secretiveness and cover-ups makes us doubt anything we are told. Thanks for posting this.

I once went on a tour of Hanford. Certain impressions never left me. Waterstains on the walls inside the reactor buildings. I know. I know. Stupid of me to expect a nuclear plant to maintain lab-like conditions. The constant ticking of geiger counters. The use of yellow police tape to indicate safe areas vs. radioactive ones. The men with submachine guns dressed like stormtroopers in the elevator that led to the reactor. The feeling that there were official answers to all questions. No women of childbearing age allowed to work there. Sad looking men who said they had to make a living when asked how they could live with the risks. Homes in the area equipped with alarms in case of meltdown. The enormous amount of waste (including a whole submarine). How close the Columbia River was. Try as I may, I am unconvinced of the long term safety of such a place. That they haven't killed me yet is not the most convincing argument in support of nukes.

The insinuation that those who oppose anti-nuclear power play into the hands of the fossil fuel industry is certainly disturbing, since many of us favor wind, solar and hydro power. I guess one major reason I do not trust nuclear power (besides safety issues) is the fact that Cheney pushes it so forcefully. I long ago made a rule that if he's for it, there are probably a million good reasons for me to be suspicious.

Thank you for respecting the fact that we don't all agree on the solutions.