We should be celebrating failed nuclear reactors

I am astonished at the lengths to which everyone from editorial writers and public officials to everyday citizens will go to accommodate all things nuclear. SCANA’s nuclear-reactor project goes kaput, and there is not a word mentioned about all the radioactive waste that is avoided as a result — only lengthy discussions of the money wasted.

Now the Savannah River Site may be offered a new nuclear mission for the unfinished MOX facility to make a parts for warheads, and the debate is all about job creation.

Is the almighty dollar the only thing we worry about? Are healthy people and a sustainable environment just window dressing?

This story was originally published December 26, 2017 at 3:28 PM with the headline "We should be celebrating failed nuclear reactors."