The Dawn-Earthly matters -Thinking globally Dawn of April 17 2011

The big environment debate in the UK is currently about whether nuclear energy, touted as ‘clean energy’ which does not contribute to carbon emissions and therefore climate change, is indeed safe (given what is happening in Japan at the Fukushima reactor at the moment).  In Pakistan this debate is nowhere to be found in our media, as we are so secretive and nationalistic about our nuclear facilities. But the question remains, are we safe in case of a disaster like a major earthquake hitting Chashma or a tsunami sweeping onto Karachi’s coastline where two of these nuclear reactors are located?

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