“Great lions can find peace in a cage. But we should only do that as a last resort. So those bars I see that restrain your wings, I guess you won’t mind if I pry them open. – Rumi, Love Poems From God, by Daniel Ladinsky
“Great lions can find peace in a cage. But we should only do that as a last resort. So those bars I see that restrain your wings, I guess you won’t mind if I pry them open. – Rumi, Love Poems From God, by Daniel Ladinsky
Indian River Guardian 
It is high time that nuclear energy, and the problems surrounding its production, by-products, and serious long-term radiation concerns regarding hazardous waste, be addressed.
There is a reason, or perhaps many, that Angela Merkel, Germany’s Chancellor has said, “No more nuclear plants in Germany.” They have just one. It is just too hard to get rid of the spent fuel rods, and other nuclear waste, to say nothing of the dangers of reactor explosions, etc.
An April 25, 2016 Wall Street Journal article exposes how serious the problem can be. Many will remember the reactor fire and explosion at Chernobyl’s Reactor 4 on April 26, 1986. I do! I also remember the nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island in the U.S. Chernobyl is located in Ukraine near its borders to Russia and Belarus. At least 30 people died as an immediate result of the accident, which “contaminated parts of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia and sent radioactive dust and debris over Europe. Pripyat, the company town of 50,000 was completely evacuated.”
A concrete sarcophagus was hastily built after the disaster, but after 30 years, more protection is necessary – a huge steel arch enclosure looking like a dirigible hanger weighing 36,000 tons will be slid into place over the site, “creating a leak-tight barrier designed to contain radioactive substances for at least the next 100 years.”
What then? And, what does that area look like now? What of the animals in a nearby forest?
America is blessed with abundant natural gas and oil. What are the by-products of their cumbustion? Nothing nearly as deadly as nuclear waste. In fact, the CO2 released is used by trees, to produce oxygen.
We need to be WISE about nuclear energy. Thanks for reading!
Love the photograph! I’ve been to a site like that many years ago. Brings back memories – all good.