Atoms for peace

During the late 1950's Eisenhower recognized the potential of nuclear power and presented a program which he called Atoms For Peace. The scientist of the day agreed and the building of nuke power plants was underway and by 1990 there were 99 reactors at 66 locations. The fossil fuel industry saw these plants as a threat to their business so they began a campaign to scare the public and they succeeded. They used money from the Rockefeller Foundation to produce news items saying that any radiation is detrimental and can cause genetic damage. They got movie stars to spread across the county telling people of the dangers of nuclear power and Hollywood started making movies showing monsters that were created by genetic changes. Next they convinced the environmental groups like Greenpeace and The Sierra Club to join forces with them to scare the public and together they succeeded in stopping nuclear plant production. The World Health Organization says that more than five million people die each year from air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels. If the big oil companies had not succeeded in their campaign to destroy the nuclear industry many lives could have been saved. Now is the time for the world to recognize that the answer to climate change is nuclear power. There has never been a death or injury in the United States caused by nuclear power plants. Today's small modular nuke plants are far superior to the old uranium plants and can be built in factories on assembly lines and transported to their usage point.