Word: ops
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That was the conclusion of a pro-nuclear advertisement on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times. It told of the long experience the nuclear industry has had in providing safe, cheap, reliable power. It warned that we can't allow a tiny group of environmental extremists, who want to throw civilization back into the Stone Age, to worry us with their outdated fears about radiation...
Then came that inevitable twist in logic--you know, the one you always find in advertisements on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times. It said that the industry was too young to have put a permanent solution to the radioactive waste problem into practice. But the best scientists are working on it, the ad said, so the problem is as good as solved...
Well, I was still afraid. I had read, though not on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times, that .000001 grams of plutonium will cause lung cancer if inhaled, that each nuclear reaction produces about 200,000 grams of plutonium every year, and that plutonium has a half-life of 24,000 years. The record of America's 67 licensed plants is replete with accounts of major spills, leaks, material unaccounted for, and narrowly averted catastrophic accidents...
...this, I think most people are afraid because radiation, and the technology needed to bring enough radiation together to produce 1300 megawatts of electricity, are just plain scary. If most people were not afraid, after all, that ad, aimed at frightened people, would not have been put on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times...
...other NEC concert, pianist Gabriel Chodos plays Mozart's Rondo in D Major K. 485 and Sonata in D Major K. 576, Schubert's Sonata in A Major Op. 120, and Chopin's Preludes Op. 28. The Mozart Sonata and Chopin Preludes are especially worthwhile. Chodos plays on Sunday, May 7, at 8 pm in Jordan Hall. This concert is also free. Call 262-1120 for more details...