Daily Archives: March 16, 2011
The Peaceful Atom
Back in the 50’s and 60’s there was some program or promotional campaign or educational video called “The Peaceful Atom”, touting the wonders of nuclear power. But when I think of nuclear power all I think of is Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and now Fukushima. Then I think how nuke plants are used to make nuclear weapons and I think of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Cold War, and now Iran and Pakistan and North Korea. Peaceful Atom, my Aunt Fannie!










