Nuclear Waste Taints St. Louis Suburb

Reply To: wrabbit2000

I agree that there is no motivation to do better than poison the world we live in to make a buck, but the penalty of death seems over the top to me. I propose long incarceration in a special facility located in the contaminated areas, complete with shallow well water to drink and local produce to eat. They can help with toxic clean ups all over the country as part of their sentences.

Of course, it isn't just irresponsible nuclear power, as bad as that industry can be, this particular article deals with nuclear arms development specifically. This isn't about power producing private interests per say but government military interests, although it could be said that the government is ultimately responsible for all things nuclear regardless.

The main point being that the government was building weapons of mass destruction - atomic bombs, and created waste and dumped it by some stream or creek. Then the government ignores the problem and allows residential development (even public parks) in areas they contaminated with radioactive waste. Now, 3/4s of a century later, the government is admitting to the contamination but is assuring the public that there is nothing to be concerned about.

I doubt that they have even begun to clean up the original dump site and prevent further contamination. I also doubt the government will ever totally fix the problem or compensate the citizens who suffered from all this. I also believe they will keep pulling crap like this with most every thing that they do and it will never change much in the foreseeable future.