I was reading the comments on the previous survival site and someone put up a link to this.  Really sobering talk by a nuclear scientist who tells it like it is.

He mentions the hubris of “it can’t happen here”…..which we all know is bullsh*t.   A reminder of how hubris in government has led to disaster—-  the “O” rings in the space shuttle Challenger.    Engineers warned that there were issues, but because of the arrogance of those in charge, they were ignored….and we all know how that turned out.

Arnie Gunderson is saying the same hubris is present in the nuclear industry and disaster is just waiting to happen.  He touches on Indian Point and Vermont Yankee.   I wish he had gone into more depth on Yankee, but alas…

He makes very good points that the people running these plants are not stupid and they care about these plants because they live with their families in the surrounding area….but all it takes is one bad day.