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发表于 2011-6-16 08:38:44
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VOX POPULI: Nuclear energy ticking time bomb to human health
Writer Natsuki Ikezawa made the following comment in the serial column "Owari to Hajimari" (The End and the Beginning) that recently ran in The Asahi Shimbun: "Somehow fundamentally, nuclear energy is beyond human control. That is why when we try to use it beyond the limits of reason, we have to base it on a pack of lies."
"Lies" must be one of the keywords concerning nuclear power. The documentary films "Genpatsu Kirinukicho" (Nuclear Power Generation Scrapbook) and "Ima Genshiryoku-Hatsuden wa ..." (Nuclear Power Generation Now ...), both of which are currently showing at Tokyo's Iwanami Hall, clearly illustrate the deception of the industrial world, governments and academia. Although both films were produced about 30 years ago, it is as if they foresaw today's disastrous situation.
"Kirinukicho," which comprises newspaper articles, starts with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The military and scholars knew what happened. However, the initial report said, "It appears (Hiroshima) suffered slight damages." Although times and circumstances differ, I sense something in common with the way information was disclosed then and about the current accidents at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
The phrase that "radiation has no immediate effect on human health," frequently used by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan also reeks of deception. "Kirinukicho" director Noriaki Tsuchimoto (1928-2008) said three decades ago: "What I found frightening was the time difference that (people who were exposed to radiation) got sick and died 20 to 30 years later." This is the scariness of the "time bomb" that stays inside the bodies of sufferers for a long time.
Lies are demons that need coats to hide their true nature. According to an old Western saying, in order to keep a lie, one must invent 20 more. That must have been the truth of the safety myth. Even the parties directly involved in nuclear power generation must be finding themselves at a loss over what is true and what is false.
I wish to consider the pros and cons of nuclear power generation not based on the reality that Japan has 54 nuclear reactors, but by going back to the inhumane nature of atomic bombs. What should we pass on to the future? We now stand at a crossroads that must not be trifled with in the least. |
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