Spanish media has recently published details of accidents at three nuclear power stations in Spain, the most serious in Ascó Unit I Nuclear Power Plant in Catalonia, Spain. Nuclear disasters all tend to develop the same pattern: authorities inform late and little to the public. Inevitably, the panic is followed by denial while the consequences of the accidents multiply quickly and spiral out of control.
At least that is what I remember from the nuclear disasters that immediately come to mind: Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Oh, I forget, the Brits have their particular British no. 1: Sellafield.
I the 3D view of the abandoned Three Mile Island looks pretty impressive:
When flying over France, it is easy to spot huge plumes of white vapour emerging from white chimneys. The French nuclear power stations are there to remind us of their unashamed dependency from nuclear fission generation. Europeanz, I fart in your general direction!
[...] I always wondered what were the exact words of the lyrics of “London Calling”: A nuclear era, but I have no fear. Most lyrics on the Internet read “A nuclear error, but I have no fear“. It does sound like that when you listen to the song. It is been suggested that the writer Joe Strummer, was referring to the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. [...]