Comments on: Overheard At the Whistleblower Film Series http://pogowatercooler.org/2009/10/21/overheard-at-the-whistleblower-film-series/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:30:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Larry http://pogowatercooler.org/2009/10/21/overheard-at-the-whistleblower-film-series/comment-page-1/#comment-7251 Larry Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:57:09 +0000 http://blog.pogowatercooler.org/?p=444#comment-7251 I also heard a woman say she wished there would have been an intermission during the film, because the movie was so long she needed to run to the bathroom. I also heard a woman say she wished there would have been an intermission during the film, because the movie was so long she needed to run to the bathroom.

]]> By: Greg Williams http://pogowatercooler.org/2009/10/21/overheard-at-the-whistleblower-film-series/comment-page-1/#comment-7248 Greg Williams Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:35:03 +0000 http://blog.pogowatercooler.org/?p=444#comment-7248 I agree that this is a great introduction to the idea that nuclear safety doesn't begin and end at the power plant - it involves the entire nuclear fuel cycle. It begins when the uranium is dug up, and tailings are left in huge piles next to the mine to get rained on and seep into the ground water. It goes next to under-paid laborers like Karen Silkwood, who's management pushes them to cut corners in order to make a buck. And then after materials are used in the plant the waste has to be stored for thousands of years, and as a nation, we can't even agree on where to store it. A few years ago, the U.S. program to stabilize waste through vitrification essentially had not progressed from where it was way back when I was at POGO nearly two decades ago. Keep up the good work, and keep finding new ways to introduce new audiences to this issue. I agree that this is a great introduction to the idea that nuclear safety doesn’t begin and end at the power plant – it involves the entire nuclear fuel cycle.

It begins when the uranium is dug up, and tailings are left in huge piles next to the mine to get rained on and seep into the ground water. It goes next to under-paid laborers like Karen Silkwood, who’s management pushes them to cut corners in order to make a buck. And then after materials are used in the plant the waste has to be stored for thousands of years, and as a nation, we can’t even agree on where to store it.

A few years ago, the U.S. program to stabilize waste through vitrification essentially had not progressed from where it was way back when I was at POGO nearly two decades ago.

Keep up the good work, and keep finding new ways to introduce new audiences to this issue.

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