tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850795848027608997.post4558745049102252917..comments2023-11-05T02:15:15.513-08:00Comments on Majia's Blog: Fixing UN Secretary-General's Hiroshima A-Bombing SpeechMajia's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04941091700194936591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850795848027608997.post-49257969302942137112012-08-06T23:57:41.335-07:002012-08-06T23:57:41.335-07:00James, extremely well put on that accident / on gu...James, extremely well put on that accident / on guard comment.<br /><br />I have done "very dangerous" construction work and never have gotten hurt while doing that. I have occasionally received an injury whilst completely off guard, on non-dangerous tasks.<br /><br />Although most people know nuke plants aren't safe, most people think "it won't happen to me"Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04516118374677265589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850795848027608997.post-86174940002774717762012-08-06T23:48:17.349-07:002012-08-06T23:48:17.349-07:00Majia,
Knowing what I do now, I'm much less ...Majia, <br /><br />Knowing what I do now, I'm much less afraid of the nuclear weapons than I am afraid of the nuclear power plants. <br /><br />The reason is knowledge and ignorance. <br /><br />I once spent a few weeks working in a steel mini-mill. It was a noisy, dirty and supremely dangerous place. I was suprised when they tapped the furnace. I expected to see red-hot molten steel, and instead what I saw was clear like water - but so hot you had to shield your eyes from 200 feet away. <br /><br />When I reviewed the safety log of the plant, I expected to see many gruesome injuries - but the injuries seemed very low for that size of heavy industrial business. "That has to be wrong", I thought; they must be hiding something. <br /><br />They weren't. It seems a steel mill is such an obviously dangerous place to work that people cannot help but be attentive, and accidents happen much less frequently when people are being attentive. <br /><br />Same thing with nuclear bombs. Everyone knows how dangerous they are - they've seen the videos. You've been trained to be afraid of them since you were a child. <br /><br />When you are in the vicinity of one, it never leaves the back of your mind.<br /><br />To the contrary, we've been brought up to think NPP's are safe. They are clean. When you drive by one you don't think - "that thing could melt down and destroy our city and our economy and kill thousands or even millions of people". <br /><br />No, what you think is:" wow, isn't the puffy white steam cloud billowing out of the cooling tower majestic?" <br /><br />The reality is the one which you have been trained to feel "safe" around is much more likely to kill you than the one which is deemed extremely unsafe. <br /><br />JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com